The overall goal of labor unions during the late 1800s and early 1900s was to protect workers from heavy abuses by their employers--abuses such as working incredibly long hours and working in very dangerous factory conditions.
While living in New York, Riis experienced poverty and became a police reporter writing about the quality of life in the slums. He attempted to alleviate the bad living conditions of poor people by exposing their living conditions to the middle and upper classes. since he was an immigrant it probably put him into the same shoes as these images, without even having to empathize. its human nature to want better for yourself, and your family and friends, so this is what he hopes to do, and it worked, he sparked a progressive era for the "slums".
gov·ern·ment
/ˈɡəvər(n)mənt/
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noun
1.
the governing body of a nation, state, or community.
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administration
executive
regime
authority
powers that be
directorate
council
leadership
management
cabinet
ministry
rule
term of office
incumbency
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2.
GRAMMAR
the relation between a governed and a governing word.
It has steadily declined. The unions are not used nowadays at all. In the 70s approximately 35% of people were unionized. In 2013 only 11.5% of workers belong in a union and fight for workers rights. Unions strength has weakened because people are not interested in them.
Answer:What is it? Previewing a text means that you get an idea of what it is about without reading the main body of the text.
When to use it: to help you decide whether a book or journal is useful for your purpose; to get a general sense of the article structure, to help you locate relevant information; to help you to identify the sections of the text you may need to read and the sections you can omit.
To preview, start by reading:
the title and author details
the abstract (if there is one)
then read only the parts that ‘jump out’; that is: main headings and subheadings, chapter summaries, any highlighted text etc.
examine any illustrations, graphs, tables or diagrams and their captions, as these usually summarise the content of large slabs of text
the first sentence in each paragraph
Explanation: if this is wrong i’m sorry
