Why did the rise of the industrial metropolis in the late nineteenth century lead to increased social segregation in cities across the United States?

https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=zhcv_oA5dwgC&printsec=frontcover&pg=GBS.PP1
Using the source above as well as readings from your textbook, compose an essay in which you consider the following questions:
Why did the rise of the industrial metropolis in the late nineteenth century lead to increased social segregation in cities across the United States?
Who was Jacob Riis? How did Riis depict life in the tenements? Was it completely negative or did he indicate any positive characteristics of that life?
Compare the image on page 75 or Riis’ book with the one at the top of this page taken by Lewis Hine. Both men were considered to be progressive photographers, but can a difference be discerned behind their respective intent?
How did Riis display the ethnic and racial prejudices of the day?
What is the significance of his use of the word “Other” in the title?

Last Completed Projects