America in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
America in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
Urban Reform: How the Other Half Lives (1x20)
: 01, 2015
Study how progressive reformers responded to the troubles of big cities through urban planning, new thinking about poverty, and the establishment of "settlement houses" and social work to aid the urban poor. Also learn about activism to address alcohol abuse and prostitution, as well as governmental actions to reform housing, urban sanitation, and public health.