|
 |
|
 |
|
|
| | | | | | | |
|||||
| |
| Home » Topics » NCHS » 7 » 1 » C |
|
||||||||||||||||
| |
NCHS-7-1-C
The student understands the limitations of Progressivism and the alternatives offered by various groups
Resources: City Problems: Poverty and SlumsResource Type: Document-Based Question Exploring the cholera epidemic in mid-nineteenth century New York City, this selection of primary sources provides a case-study of immigration, urbanization (e.g., slums such as the Five Points), and social and moral reform that can be applied to the study of any city in the industrialized world. How the Other Half Lives Resource Type: Primary Source Newspaper reporters, such as Jacob Riis (1849–1914), played an instrumental role in exposing the destitution and misery of New York's immigrant and working-class neighborhoods. Tenement Slum Resource Type: Primary Source Jacob Riis, a reporter for the New York Sun newspaper, helped raise awareness about the conditions of the urban poor with his 1890 publication, How the Other Half Lives: Studies among the Tenements of New York. This book would later influence Theodore Roosevelt. Marriage Rates of Alumnae Resource Type: Primary Source This table shows the marriage rates of women who graduated from a variety of American colleges during the period of 1820–1930. | |
|
||||||||||||
| © Columbia University 2004 | Help | About | Subscribe | Feedback |
| CAHO is being provided to you for your own use. Any copying or distribution of CAHO materials is prohibited. |
