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Problem: 9.2% of the world live in Poverty 

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Problem: 9.2% of the world live in Poverty 

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(9.2% of the world live in poverty. 11.6% of the U.S. live in poverty. The people in poverty are considered in poverty when their income is 30,000 dollars or less a year. In guatemala people are living on $1 a day, They do not work stable jobs so they do not know when or how much they will get paid. They have to work everyday and live off less than 500 calories a day. The people here have to make their children work also so the family can stay barley stable.

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Both then and now people in poverty had/have to deal with lack of food. Both are living on very minimal wages. Their life is unhealthy and definitely not happy. Also in both times they were most of the time unable to pay for an education. During the progressive era food and water were actually being taken away, that doesn't happen today. Nowadays the government has programs to make sure low income families are taken care of, this is similar to the tenement houses, but much better.

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Natural resources like food and water were being taken advantage of. This caused people to be in even more poverty, not having the things they need to live. According To loc.gov "Americans developed a "tradition of waste"."

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People who were living in poverty were unable to pay for a house so they would rent apartments or these crowded tenements. They were Over crowded and had no windows, no heat and no bathrooms. Most of the time they also had no electricity and were unsafe because of their poor designs. They became dirty and ended up becoming urban slums.

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These people living in poverty were living on about $2 a day and were sometimes unable to pay for education and food. The people had to fend for them self with little to no food.

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During the progressive era there were not as many programs but there were many people that wanted a change. Back then as much as people wanted to help the less fortunate they lacked the knowledge around how to make a change successfully. Today our government has many programs and reforms to assist people in need. Both times the main objective was to help decrease people in poverty.

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Jacob Riis was a photographer that took photos in the dark to expose the extreme poverty in New York. He has a booked name The Other Half, This book exposes the poverty and the way these people are living their everyday life. He used a Flash lamp to take photos in the dark. Jacob Riis exposed the poverty in New York to show there needs to be a change because people can't live like this.

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Settlement houses were created to help people in extreme poverty that do not have a home and that have low wages. These settlement houses were also for European immigrants.

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People wanted better education and the goal was that this education would lower the amount of people in poverty so they can find a job that isn't so many hours and low paying.

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They are programs put in place to help people become less dependent on government aid. these reforms include aid with food, housing, and job opportunities

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During the progressive era they had a lot of ideas that they wanted to be put in place, it was not as effective as today there is a lot better system and solutions to people living in poverty, for example instead of kids ans people not being able to afford schooling and living without an education now there is free education so people and grow and live a more sustainable life off it.

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S.N.A.P. stands for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. it provides low income families with money to buy food. they are given a certain amount each month depending on their household size and income.

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Today people have the right to a free public education, our government ensures that standards are applied making sure that this takes place. This law was in full effect by 1918 it included all american children regardless of their race.