Problems Jacob Riis Faced During The Progressive Era

resident Roosevelt is one of the most well known presidents. He was known for helping bring back America from the problems it faced in the industrial revolution. He really showed the big part of the progressive era. He tried to —promote social welfare, expand democracy, and create economic reform. This help make all the solutions to the problems that were the issue in the U.S.

After the industrial revolution the U.S. had multiple problems. We had people living in horrible living conditions, children working in factories, in factories that worked with food people weren’t treating the food correctly, monopolies were taking over business. In document 1 it has some pictures of Jacob Riis. He Crusaded for establishment houses, public parks and playgrounds, and

Pickering, Philip. Jacob Riis in the Progressive Era. 2012. Print. Most of these poor people had to have their children working in factories to try and help pay for their homes and food. Like in document 2 it dealt with child labor. The child labor was a huge problem in the United State. They would children doing dangerous jobs, some children would even die from doing these chores. The 1890s there were about 1 million 10 - 15 years olds who worked, that number had doubled by 1910. Industries even hired 5 and 6 year olds to work 18 hours a day. Along with this there were health conditions like miners inhaling stuff from the mines, glassworker exposed to intense heat and clam breakers would have cut on their hands from the tough shells. Davis, Kay. "Documenting "The Other Half": The Social Reform Photography of Jacob Riis and Lewis Hine." Documenting "The Other Half": The Social Reform Photography of Jacob Riis and Lewis Hine. University of Virginia. Web. 17 Nov. 2015. Some of these companies were monopolies. Monopolies were the business that tried to all control over their product so then they could price it at any price they wanted. When firms have such power, they charge prices higher than they can