BiographyPAIREDREADTheFightforEqualityChampionofthePoorofthePoorJacobRiisJacobRiisbySarahWilcoxSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAPhotographyCredit:Bettmann/CORBIS**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.WordCount:1,004**ComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:Author’sPointofViewVocabularyStrategySynonymsandAntonymsVocabularyboycotts,encouragement,fulfill,injustice,mistreated,protest,qualified,registerContentStandardsSocialStudiesCivicsandGovernmentCopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119088-1MHID:0-02-119088-7PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789QLM151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1Beginnings............................2Chapter2ANewTool...........................8Chapter3CleaningUptheSlums...............12RespondtoReading..................15TheFightforEquality........16Glossary/Index.......................19FocusonSocialStudies..............20EssentialQuestionHowcanonepersonmakeadifference?ChampionofthePoorofthePoorJacobRiisJacobRiisbySarahWilcoxLibraryofCongressPrintsandPhotographsDivision[LC-USZ62-57745]Immigrantslivedincrowdedhomes.BeginningsCHAPTER1JacobRiis(REES)immigratedtotheUnitedStatesinthe1870s.Atthistime,manypeoplewerearrivinginNewYorkCitylookingforabetterlife.Insteadtheyhadtoliveindirtyandovercrowdedslums.Riisknewwhatitwasliketobepoorandhungry.Hewantedpeopletounderstandhowhardlifewasfornewimmigrants.2(tr)D.Hurst/Alamy,(b)LibraryofCongress,Prints&PhotographsDivision[LC-USZ62-16348]ThousandsofchildrenlivedinslumsinNewYorkCity.Riisbecameareporter.Hewroteabouthowhardlifewasforimmigrants.Heusedphotographstotelltheirstories.JacobRii...
