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In How the Other Half Lives, Jacob Riis called attention to the misery of tenement living. What aspect of tenement living is Riis describing in this excerpt? > //“It is said that nowhere in the world are so many people crowded together on a square mile as here.... In this house... there were fifty-eight babies and thirty-eight children that were over five years of age. In Essex Street, two small rooms in a six-story tenement were made to hold a “family” of father and mother, twelve children, and six boarders. These are samples of the packing of the population that has run up the record here to the rate of three hundred and thirty thousand per square mile. > The densest crowding of Old London... never got beyond a hundred and seventy-five thousand. Even the alley is crowded out. Through dark hallways and filthy cellars, crowded, as is every foot of the street, with dirty children, the settlements in the rear are reached.”//
 * As the Bell Rings...**

Today, we'll work to complete the table which will allow us to comprehend the actions taken to address America's growing pains. This activity can be found on the 6.3 Wiki page.
 * What We Did In Class**

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 * Reminders from Edmodo**

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