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beccaep

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How did the settlement-house movement distinguish itself from other urban social-welfare organizations?
 
  A) It helped poor immigrants settle on western homesteads to relieve urban overcrowding.
  B) It helped the urban poor purchase their own homes because of the belief that owning private property leads to the adoption of middle-class values.
  C) It insisted that charity workers live in slum neighborhoods to better understand the living conditions of the poor.
  D) It was not being concerned about the urban poor's propensity for drinking and gambling.
  E) It tried to keep immigrants settled indoors until they could behave like Americans.

Question 2

Which of the following statements accurately describes urban growth in the late 19th century.
 
  A) While Atlantic seaboard cities like New York and Boston grew dramatically, interior cities like Cincinnati did not.
  B) The population of American cities grew on average 25 percent between the Civil War and 1900.
  C) Urban areas remained about the same size as people tried to stay in more rural communities.
  D) Urban populations grew dramatically with cities such as Chicago growing by over 400 percent.
  E) City managers carefully planned and monitored urban growth before 1900.



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Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

D



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