https://padlet.com/as0661/n08tp8pkvrka Yanira M. and Aniceta S. en-us 2017-11-27 17:54:52 UTC 2025-11-02 00:44:35 UTC hello@padlet.com as0661 https://padlet.com/as0661/n08tp8pkvrka/wish/210554679 He was a danish immigrant who became a photographer, reformer, and journalist in New York City in the late 1800s. He was born in Ribe, Denmark May 3, 1849. He was in a journalists group known as muckrakers, who exposed the nation's problems at the turn of the 20th  century.]]> 2017-11-27 17:57:09 UTC https://padlet.com/as0661/n08tp8pkvrka/wish/210554679 as0661 https://padlet.com/as0661/n08tp8pkvrka/wish/210555144 People were living in poor slum conditions in New York City. He argued for better housing, lighting and sanitation, and the construction of city parks and playgrounds. He portrayed middle-class and upper-class citizens as benefactors and encouraged them to take an active role in defining and shaping their communities. ]]> 2017-11-27 17:57:49 UTC https://padlet.com/as0661/n08tp8pkvrka/wish/210555144 as0661 https://padlet.com/as0661/n08tp8pkvrka/wish/210555388 Jacob published his work in the book How the Other Half Lives. He wanted to show the bad living condition of poor people by exposing their living condition to the middle class and upper classes. 

]]> 2017-11-27 17:58:10 UTC https://padlet.com/as0661/n08tp8pkvrka/wish/210555388 as0661 https://padlet.com/as0661/n08tp8pkvrka/wish/210555492 2017-11-27 17:58:19 UTC https://padlet.com/as0661/n08tp8pkvrka/wish/210555492 as0661 https://padlet.com/as0661/n08tp8pkvrka/wish/210555625 He helped cause the Progressives to reform things. The Progressives push for better, honest government, and laws to ensure that housing was safe, clean, etc.. 
He got the NYC police commissioner to close lodging houses. NYC passed building codes to promote safety and health.

According to the article "How Can We Help Poor People" by Kathy Adams states that the Salvation Army and Goodwill are helping and enjoying building home for the homeless.]]> 2017-11-27 17:58:29 UTC https://padlet.com/as0661/n08tp8pkvrka/wish/210555625