Use the passage from Jacob Riis's How the Other Half Lives to answer the question. "The very games at which he takes a hand in the street become polluting in its atmosphere. With no steady hand to guide him, the boy takes naturally to idle ways." – Jacob Riis

What was Jacob Riis referring to in this passage?

**A.

the pollution found in the streets of New York

B.

the lack of playgrounds for children living in slums

C.

the dangers of factory work for children in big cities

D.

the dangers of truancy for young boys in the slums

** Means what I think the answer is.

explanation: we can only guess at how our actions may be perceived in the future. doing something really big like killing lots of people, saving lots of people, affecting the lives of lots of people is a sure fire way of being remembered in historical records. we can also make a difference in the history records by being a small influence on something bigger, whether that is as a civil servant, scientist or artist.

of course you could argue that we all affect history just as tiny cogs in a   bigger machine.

if you mean how do people influence our opinions of things which have already happened, then simply by writing a book which looks at things form a different perspective and trying to convince people that this perspective is more accurate or truthful. people do it all the time i.e. richard the third was a terrible or was he? plenty would disagree, it's just that their views aren't the most widely known.n:

the answer is b. hope this