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Although poverty in the US has increased and decreased over the years, it still exists. People still live in slums, crowded homes, shacks, etc. Even with these similarities, life in poverty from today and in the Progressive Era is still different. In the Progressive Era people suffering in poverty lived in crowded tenements and urban slums. People who were usually stuck in the cycle of poverty were immigrants and the less fortunate. Now people are living on the streets and shelters. There are many different people living on the streets and for many different reasons. There are many similarities and differences for living in poverty back then and now,

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Main problem: Poverty was huge in large cities
-Many people were in crowded tenements, urban slums, etc
-Many people living in poverty were immigrants and the less fortunate

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The main problems now:
-People living on the streets and shelters
-Poverty isn't talked about as much as it should be

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-The Poverty reform movement
-The Welfare reform

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Some reformers were:
-Jacob A. Riis
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-Jane Addams
(photo is jane addams during the Progressive Era)

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They made settlement houses for the poor to keep them from totally being crowded

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-The Welfare reform changed government benefits into paychecks, helping people stuck into poverty to get back onto their feet
-The Poverty Reform Movement substantially increased the government role in social welfare assistance to the underprivileged

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While there are still reformers and reform movements for this issue, they are still very different. In the Progressive Era, there were two main reformers. One of them is Jacob A. Riis. The other is Jane Addams. They were most known for reformers in poverty. Now we don't have reformers but reform movements with groups of people. The Poverty Reform Movement and The Welfare Movement are the most recent reform groups for poverty.

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One of the main differences from then and now is the reformers.  Back then they had individuals doing the work on their own to spread the word of poverty to high class.  Now it is reform movements and groups.  The two main individuals who were working to fight for the change of poverty were Jane Addams and Jacob A. Riis.  Jacob created "How the other half lives" in efforts to raise the public awareness of poverty.  Jane Addams wanted to help the poor in general, whether it was giving housing or care.  Now the Poverty reform Movement and the Welfare reform are helping not as much to raise awareness, but to get the poor back on their feet to give themself a better life.

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It's amazing how reformers can shape America into becoming a better place for everyone.  But some specialize in reforming more than others.  Jacob A. Riis created "How the other half lives" and that accomplished middle and upperclassmen of the cities finding out more about poverty.  And it showed how poverty was a huge problem in cities with people living in the slums.  Jane Addams founded the Hull House in Chicago's poor, industrial western side.  The Hull House was actually the first settlement house in the US.  The Hull House provided educational programming, health services, libraries, and other resources to help the unprivileged people in the industrial areas of Chicago. Today the reform movements do much as well. The Poverty reform movement substantially increased the government's role in social welfare and assistance to the underprivileged. There is another reform movement just like this, The Welfare reform. The Welfare reform changed government benefits into paychecks, to help the underprivileged on their feet. Something similar is that both Then and Now created places for the poor to stay and get back on their feet. Back then there were tenement houses. Now it is homeless shelters and government aid.