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Jacob Riis changed America by taking the first pictures of the "slums" labeling and writing a book called "How The Other Half Lives." He impacted America by showing them these photos and how poor living condition resulted in early death to those who lived like these called "slums." Teddy Roosevelt read and saw this book causing concern to him. He ordered that these buildings be boarded and closed until livable cleanliness was done to each building. This also led to pluming on every floor of a building to keep sanitary needs up.