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Question 1

Which of the following statements would Jacob Riis most likely agree with.

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Society has an obligation to help those living in poverty.

Question 2

Jacob Riis wrote an important book, that brought attention to the problems in American cities.His book was called “How the Other Lives.”

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Half

Question 3

Temperance is the practice of

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drinking little or no alcohol.

Question 4

Supporters of the temperance movement advocated for change primarily because

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they believed drinking was the most important cause of society’s problems.

Question 5

Women played an important role in the movement.Some supporters of the movement wanted people to quit drinking alcohol altogether.Temperance supporters promised that they would not drink alcohol.

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Women played an important role in the movement.; Some supporters of the movement wanted people to quit drinking alcohol altogether.; Temperance supporters promised that they would not drink alcohol.

Question 6

Social Darwinists applied the theory of to society.

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natural selection

Question 7

William Graham Sumner, an American sociologist, believed in the principles of Social Darwinism. Which of the following statements would he therefore most likely agree with?

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Those who are poor live in poverty because they are lazy.

Question 8

Settlement Houses were created to provide services to factory workers✔ Immigrantsthe poor.

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Immigrants

Question 9

The founder of the Settlement House movement in Chicago was Jane .

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Addams

Question 10

Addams’ settlement house was named House.

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Hull

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