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Cities were very crowded

Apartment were expensive

Families could not afford to buy houses

Lots of immigrants and struggling farmers had to work in big cities

Low pay and long hours caused many to be crammed into tenements with many others

In 1890 11 million out of the united stats 12 million made less then 1200 dollars a year

Tenements where run down

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Jacob A. Riis

Jane adams - made settlement house that had services for the lower class

Upton sinclair - exposed the living conditions of the lower class

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Jacob A. Riis caused the government to make efforts to reform the living conditions

Settlement houses help the homeless find a places

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The poverty line is 11.5 percent

37.9 million people in poverty

There rising n health care and housing costs

Child poverty doubled in 2022

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Bill gates

He has a foundation that 100 million dollars goes to help create opportunities for the lower class

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The government is trying to end all forms of poverty

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Some of the issues are the same like homelessness. But a lot is different. For example cities aren't as overcrowded. Now it is more of there is not enough job opportunities for everyone.

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In the gilded age some reformers worked to reveal the awful living condition of the lower class and impoverished. No people like bill gates work to create job opportunities for the poor to give better living conditions

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In the gilded age some reformers worked to reveal the awful living condition of the lower class and impoverished. No people like bill gates work to create job opportunities for the poor to give better living conditions