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Urban and Social Reforms Answers

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Write one sentence describing how mental patients were treated in the hospital.

Answer:

Mental patients were beaten, almost drowned, and forced to live in filthy conditions.

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Which of these did you include in your response?

A
They were beaten.
B
They were almost drowned
C
They lived in filthy conditions.
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By “encroached upon their means of subsistence,” Jackson means that the settlers have

A
fought wars against American Indians.
B
denied American Indians their constitutional rights.
C
taken over land where American Indians hunted or gathered food.
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What does Jackson criticize about the US government’s American Indian policy?

Answer:

The US government forced American Indians onto reservations, mistreated them as foreigners, took away their means of survival, and failed to take responsibility for the injustices done to them.

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Jackson criticized many parts of US policy toward American Indians. Which did you mention?

A
forcing American Indians onto reservations
B
mistreating American Indians and treating them as “foreigners”
C
failing to take responsibility for the injustices done to American Indians
D
taking away American Indians’ means of survival
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What obstacles did a young African American woman face in turn-of-the-century New York?

A
working without pay
B
being without friends
C
giving up her personal belongings
D
sharing living space with six others
E
having money stolen
F
being forced to give up the addresses of friends back home
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What difference did Kelley note between men’s and women’s experiences of factory work?

A
Men received on-the-job training; women did not.
B
There was no minimum wage for men; there was a minimum wage for women.
C
Men didn’t try as hard to do a good job as women did.
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You’ve studied four of the female muckrakers of the Progressive Era. Write two to three sentences describing what viewpoints these women shared.

Answer:

The female muckrakers shared a concern for less fortunate people, including those living in poverty and those forgotten or ignored by society. They supported social justice and worked to improve the welfare of women and other vulnerable groups.

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