Urban and Social Reforms

Question 1

How did the number of new immigrants around the turn of the twentieth century affect the number of acculturation programs in the United States?

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A large number of immigrants arrived, and they sought acculturation programs at settlement houses.

Question 2

What was the main goal of the settlement house movement?

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to provide social services for immigrants

Question 3

Which of the following was a religious movement at the turn of the twentieth century that sought justice for the less fortunate?

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the social gospel movement

Question 4

How many immigrants arrived in the United States between 1875 and 1910?

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almost 8 million

Question 5

Who founded Hull House in Chicago in 1889?

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Jane Addams

Question 6

How is the work of the Salvation Army and other faith-based aid organizations related to the social gospel movement?

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The work of these organizations addresses the concept of providing aid to less-fortunate people.

Question 7

The ideas of the social gospel movement led directly to

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urban charity organizations.

Question 8

Lincoln Steffens was considered a reformer specifically because he

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worked to expose problems in business and in politics.

Question 9

What is one group that was targeted by the Women’s Christian Temperance Union?

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saloon owners

Question 10

Read the quote by Jane Addams.“The Settlement then, is an experimental effort to aid in the solution of the social and industrial problems . . . in a great city.”Which of the following best describes what Addams meant by “the Settlement”?

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Hull House

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