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Middle-class young women, seeking to alleviate poverty an do useful professional work when most careers were closed to them.

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Usually staffed by college-educated women provided social welfare educational and domestic programs for their communities?

Settlement houses


Why were settlement houses founded in the late 1800s?

Settlement houses were founded for making houses for people. DAR!


Why did the settlement house movement grow in the late 1800's and the early 1900's?

Settlement houses had better conditions than tenements, and offered education, recreation, and social activities. These houses were staffed by professionals and volunteers, mostly women who came from wealthy families. Many immigrants preferred living like this instead of the unsanitary and unsafe conditions that existed in tenements.


Why settlement houses important in the reformation of American society?

settlement houses improved the lives of poor people in the cities


What was established in poor neighborhoods where middle-class residents lived and helped the poor resident?

settlement houses


Who started settlement houses?

Jane Addams


Who was the founder of the full house?

Jane Addams was the founder of the full house, one of the most famous settlement houses, in Chicago.


What is considered to be settlement houses?

The Hull House in Chicago is considered to be the most renowned settlement house in America. This house was built in the late 1800's but is still here in existence today.


What kind of services did the settlement houses provide to the new immigrants?

The services the settlement houses provide to the new immigrants was persecution which means being punished for your beliefs.


Who provided Americanization programs for the new immigrants?

settlement houses


What had some of the same goals as the Americanization movement?

Settlement houses


How did the colonists learn?

They had small school houses in each settlement