BiographyPAIREDREADTheFightforEqualityChampionofthePoorofthePoorJacobRiisJacobRiisbySarahWilcoxSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAPhotographyCredit:Bettmann/CORBIS**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.WordCount:1,981**ComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:Author’sPointofViewVocabularyStrategy:SynonymsandAntonymsVocabularyboycotts,encouragement,fulfill,injustice,mistreated,protest,qualified,registerContentStandardsSocialStudiesCivicsandGovernmentCopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118865-9MHID:0-02-118865-3PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789QLM151413121110ChampionofthePoorofthePoorJacobRiisJacobRiisbySarahWilcoxPAIREDREADChapter1BeginningsandEarlyDays.....................2Chapter2AJournalistwithaNewWeapon...............8Chapter3TheBattletoCleanUptheSlums.............12RespondtoReading..........................15TheFightforEquality.............16Glossary/Index...............................19FocusonSocialStudies......................20EssentialQuestionHowcanonepersonmakeadifference?LibraryofCongressPrintsandPhotographsDivision[LC-USZ62-57745]Riisphotographedtheovercrowded,run-downplaceswhereimmigrantslived.BeginningsandEarlyDaysCHAPTER1JacobRiis(REES)wasoneofthousandsofimmigrantswhomovedtotheUnitedStatestowardtheendofthenineteenthcentury.RiismovedfromDenmarktoNewYorkCityin1870.ManypeoplearrivedinNewYorkatthistimewiththehopeoffindingabetterlife.Insteadtheyfoundthemselveslivinginslums.Theylivedindark,dirty,overcrowdedrooms.Diseasesspreadeasilyintheseconditions,andmanypeoplegotsick.Somepeopleevendied.Riisexperiencedthetoughlifeofani...
