BiographyPAIREDREADTheFightforEqualityChampionofthePoorofthePoorJacobRiisJacobRiisbySarahWilcoxSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:Author’sPointofViewVocabularyStrategy:SynonymsandAntonymsVocabularyboycotts,encouragement,fulfill,injustice,mistreated,protested,qualified,registerELLVocabularyconditions,investigate,opportunitiesContentStandardsSocialStudiesCivicsandGovernmentPhotographyCredit:Bettmann/CORBIS**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.WordCount:1,362**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119155-0MHID:0-02-119155-7PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789QLM151413121110wPAIREDREADChapter1BeginningsandEarlyDays.................2Chapter2AJournalistwithaNewWeapon...........8Chapter3TheBattletoCleanUptheSlums.........12RespondtoReading......................15TheFightforEquality..........16Glossary/Index...........................19FocusonSocialStudies..................20EssentialQuestionHowcanonepersonmakeadifference?ChampionofthePoorofthePoorJacobRiisJacobRiisbySarahWilcoxLibraryofCongressPrintsandPhotographsDivision[LC-USZ62-57745]In1870,JacobRiisimmigratedtotheUnitedStates.HetraveledfromDenmarktoNewYork.Atthetime,manyimmigrantscametoNewYork.Theywerelookingforabetterlife.Instead,theylivedinslums.Theslumsweredark,dirty,andovercrowdedplaces.Diseasesspreadeasily.Somepeopleevendied.Riisexperiencedthelifeofanimmigrant.Hewantedpeopletounderstandhowhardlifewasfornewimmigrants.Immigrantslivedinovercrowdedhomes.BeginningsandEarlyDaysCHAPTER1slum2(tr)D.Hurst/Alamy,(b)LibraryofCongress,Prints&PhotographsD...
