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2 Muckrakers Writers who wrote vivid articles and books exposing the evils of big business Demanded social and economic reform Ex: Jacob Riis- How the Other Half Lives

3 Urbanization movement of population from farms to cities

4 Slum Areas Tenements- buildings six or seven stories high that were divided up into small apartments

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10 What was tenement life? Conditions of building: People’s health:
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11 What were the conditions like in the tenements/slums?
Some had no windows, no pipes for water or sewage, no heat Disease (tuberculosis, lung disease) spread quickly Fires spread quickly Often, 10 people shares a single room! Busy streets

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