Urban and Social Reforms Flashcards
What was the main goal of the settlement house movement?
to provide social services for immigrants
Which of the following was a religious movement at the turn of the twentieth century that sought justice for the less fortunate?
the social gospel movement
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”?
Hull House
How many immigrants arrived in the United States between 1875 and 1910?
almost 8 million
The ideas of the social gospel movement led directly to
urban charity organizations
How is the work of the Salvation Army and other faith-based aid organizations related to the social gospel movement?
The work of these organizations addresses the concept of providing aid to less-fortunate people
Who wrote How the Other Half Lives, a book that described the terrible conditions of tenement life in the late 1800s?
Jacob Riis
Lincoln Steffens was considered a reformer specifically because he
worked to expose problems in business and in politics
Who founded Hull House in Chicago in 1889?
Jane Addams
What is one group that was targeted by the Women’s Christian Temperance Union?
saloon owners
What was the goal of the Americanization movement that gained popularity between 1875 and 1910?
to encourage immigrants to assimilate into American culture
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 woman did this was
to protest the drinking of alcohol
How did the number of new immigrants around the turn of the twentieth century affect the number of a acculturation programs in the United States?
A large number of immigrants arrived, and they saw a cult ration programs at settlement houses
What was the goal of the temperance movement in the late 1800s and early 1900s?
stopping the drinking of alcohol
What was one common way the members of the temperance movement attempted to stop people from drinking alcohol?
by physically blocking the entrance to bars
