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Há 4 dias · After 1900 and the assassination of President William McKinley, the Progressive Era brought political, business, and social reforms (e.g., new roles for and government expansion of education, higher status for women, a curtailment of corporate excesses, and modernization of many areas of government and society).
6 de mai. de 2024 · 1890: Couple walks along the beach in Atlantic City. Seaside socializing rose to popularity in the 19th century, beginning in Britain where doctors were encouraging beach visits as a way to...
Há 2 dias · Prior to 1890, the individual states, rather than the federal government, regulated immigration to the United States. The Immigration Act of 1891 established a Commissioner of Immigration in the Treasury Department. The Canadian Agreement of 1894 extended U.S. immigration restrictions to Canadian ports.
Há 4 dias · e. Benjamin Harrison (August 20, 1833 – March 13, 1901) was an American politician who served as the 23rd president of the United States from 1889 to 1893. He was a member of the Harrison family of Virginia —a grandson of the ninth president, William Henry Harrison, and a great-grandson of Benjamin Harrison V, a Founding Father .
- Grover Cleveland
- Grover Cleveland
- August 20, 1833, North Bend, Ohio, U.S.
- Levi P. Morton
30 de abr. de 2024 · Jacob Riis (1849–1914) was an American reporter, social reformer, and photographer. His book How the Other Half Lives (1890) shocked readers with his descriptions of slum conditions in New York City, and it was an important predecessor to the muckraking journalism that gained popularity in the U.S. after 1900.
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- Why was Jacob Riis important?Jacob Riis was an American newspaper reporter, social reformer, and photographer. With his book How the Other Half Lives (1890), he shocked the con...
- How did Jacob Riis influence others?His book, How the Other Half Lives (1890), stimulated the first significant New York legislation to curb poor conditions in tenement housing. It wa...
- What were Jacob Riis’s accomplishments?In addition to his writing, Riis’s photographs helped illuminate the ragged underside of city life. By the late 1880s, Riis had begun photographing...
Há 6 dias · Webster’s International Dictionary, in 1890, described it as “that part of a country which fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region;…extreme part of a country.”
6 de mai. de 2024 · by Dennis Saul. Step into a time machine and journey back to Queens in the 1890s. Forget the skyscrapers and bustling city life we know today. Back then, Queens was a mix of farmland, small villages, and growing towns. It was a time of change, with the echoes of rural life fading as the city’s influence crept eastward.
