PAIREDREADTheFightforEqualityBiographyChampionofthePoorofthePoorJacobRiisJacobRiisbySarahWilcoxSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAPhotographyCredit:Bettmann/CORBIS**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.WordCount:1,513**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:978-0-02-119161-1MHID:0-02-119161-1PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789QLM151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1BeginningsandEarlyDays.................2Chapter2AJournalistwithaNewWeapon...........8Chapter3TheBattletoCleanUptheSlums.........12RespondtoReading......................15TheFightforEquality..........16Glossary/Index...........................19FocusonSocialStudies..................20EssentialQuestionHowcanonepersonmakeadifference?ChampionofthePoorofthePoorJacobRiisJacobRiisbySarahWilcoxLibraryofCongressPrintsandPhotographsDivision[LC-USZ62-57745]JacobRiis(REES)wasoneofthousandsofpeoplewhoimmigratedtotheUnitedStatesinthenineteenthcentury.HetraveledfromDenmarktoNewYorkCityin1870.ManypeoplearrivedinNewYorkwiththehopeofabetterlife.Insteadtheyfoundthemselveslivinginslums.Theylivedindark,dirty,overcrowdedrooms.Diseasesspreadeasilyandsomepeopleevendied.Riisexperiencedthetoughlifeofanimmigrant.Heunderstoodwhatitwasliketobepoorandhungry.Riiswantedpeopletounderstandhowhardlifewasfornewimmigrants.Riisshowedthecrowdedplacesimmigrantslived.BeginningsandEarlyDaysCHAPTER12(tr...
