Urban and Social Reforms example #50940

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Which of the following best describes why settlement houses offered to help immigrants learn to cook specific kinds of food?
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to encourage them to assimilate into American culture
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In the late 1800s, the social gospel movement was based on the belief that
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it was a person's moral duty to help less fortunate people.
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What was the main goal of the settlement house movement?
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to provide social services for immigrants
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Who wrote How the Other Half Lives, a book that described the terrible conditions of tenement life in the late 1800s?
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Jacob Riis
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How did the efforts of Jane Addams differ from the efforts of Lincoln Steffens?
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Addams worked to help immigrants; Steffens worked to reform the government.
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What was Jacob Riis's goal in the late 1800s?
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to make Americans aware of problems in cities
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In the late 1800s and early 1900s, reformers helped immigrants assimilate into American culture by
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teaching them how to speak English.
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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
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What was the goal of the Americanization movement that gained popularity between 1875 and 1910?
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to encourage immigrants to assimilate into American culture
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What is one group that was targeted by the Women's Christian Temperance Union?
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saloon owners
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What was the goal of the temperance movement in the late 1800s and early 1900s?
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stopping the drinking of alcohol
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How would a member of the Women's Christian Temperance Union most likely fill in the center of this web?
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Problems Caused by Alcohol
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Which conclusion does the chart support?
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Acculturation and Americanization programs became more popular between 1900 and 1910.
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In the 1870s, groups of women began marching from church meetings to nearby saloons. They knelt in prayer on the saloon's floor or on the street to block the entrance. The main reason women did this was
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to protest the drinking of alcohol
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In what year was the Women's Christian Temperance Union formed?
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1874
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Lincoln Steffens was considered a reformer specifically because he
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worked to expose problems in business and in politics.
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Which of the following best describes what Addams meant by "the Settlement"?
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Hull House
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Which of the following best illustrates a direct consequence of the social gospel movement?
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The Salvation Army offered different kinds of services to less-fortunate people.