Khawaja 1
Wali Khawaja
Professor Walter Keller
History 1302
July 20th 2016
How The Other Half Lives?
The 1890’s in United States were quite inhumane as they were filled with diseases caused
by lack of proper reform, regulations, and increase in immigrants. The progressive era called for
much reform and this was done by muckraking journalist who would expose the harsh conditions
in New York slums. One particular journalist who made it his mission to unveil such conditions