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

A
A small number of immigrants arrived, so many settlement houses stopped offering acculturation programs.
B
A large number of immigrants arrived, and they sought acculturation programs at settlement houses.
C
A small number of immigrants arrived, so the number of acculturation programs at settlement houses remained the same.
D
A large number of immigrants arrived, but most settlement houses closed and stopped offering acculturation programs.
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Who founded Hull House in Chicago in 1889?

A
Washington Gladden
B
Lincoln Steffens
C
Jane Addams
D
Jacob Riis
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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”?

A
Chicago
B
immigration
C
Hull House
D
the social gospel
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What is one group that was targeted by the Women’s Christian Temperance Union?

A
saloon owners
B
women workers
C
settlement house residents
D
reformers
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What was the main goal of the settlement house movement?

A
to provide social services for immigrants
B
to stop the spread of domestic violence
C
to force the public to stop drinking alcohol
D
to end child labor and improve working conditions
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Lincoln Steffens was considered a reformer specifically because he

A
was a journalist.
B
wrote about modern issues.
C
was wealthy and born in the United States.
D
worked to expose problems in business and in politics.
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What was one common way that members of the temperance movement attempted to stop people from drinking alcohol?

A
by offering people financial incentives to stop drinking alcohol
B
by encouraging people to drink alcohol in their home only
C
by stealing alcohol from bars and disposing of it
D
by physically blocking the entrance to bars
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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

A
to protest gambling in saloons
B
to encourage saloon patrons to buy bibles
C
to encourage people to attend church
D
to protest the drinking of alcohol
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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?

A
the housing reform movement
B
the social Darwinism movement
C
the settlement house movement
D
the social gospel movement
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In the late 1800s, the social gospel movement was based on the belief that

A
less fortunate individuals were weak and unfit to survive.
B
it was a person's moral duty to help less fortunate people.
C
drinking alcohol was the cause of many problems in society.
D
it was the government's duty to provide services for people.

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