In the 1890s,Jacob Riis
A) favored stopping immigration as a way to improve urban American cities.
B) crusaded to expose political corruption in major American cities.
C) documented the stories of wealthy Americans who came from humble origins.
D) reported on the living conditions of the urban poor to encourage improvements.
E) pushed for the creation of mass transit systems and outlying suburbs in America's cities.

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Jacob Riis was a journalist and social reformer who documented the living conditions of the urban poor through his photography and writing. He published his findings in a book titled "How the Other Half Lives," which helped to bring public attention to the need for improvements in housing, sanitation, and social services for the poor.