20 Read the excerpt and answer the question that follows.
When Jacob Riis published How the Other Half Lives in 1890,
the U.S. Census Bureau ranked New York as the most densely
populated city in the United States. . . . Disease, sanitation,
garbage and hygiene issues were constant concerns in
crowded impoverished... districts, where vital statistics
were alarming. Jacob Riis wrote frequently to urge measures
to protect public health and to alert wealthy residents of the
city to slum conditions that put everyone at risk.
-"Jacob Riis: Revealing 'How the Other Half
Lives' Writer," Library of Congress, www.loc.gov
(accessed October 17, 2017)
Which issue was discussed in the writings of Jacob Riis?
Discrimination against African Americans in U.S. cities
F
22 G Harsh conditions of tenement housing in U.S. cities
H Growing conflict between rural regions and U.S. cities
J Increasing efforts to reduce Chinese immigration to U.S. cities