Urban and Social Reforms – Flashcards
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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
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to protest the drinking of alcohol
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Who wrote How the Other Half Lives, a book that described the terrible conditions of tenement life in the late 1800s?
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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"?
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Hull House
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The ideas of the social gospel movement led directly to
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urban charity organizations
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How is the work of the Salvation Army and other faith-based aid organizations related to the social gospel movement?
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The work of these organizations addresses the concept of providing aid to less-fortunate people.
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What was one common way that members of the temperance movement attempted to stop people from drinking alcohol?
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by physically blocking the entrance to bars
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What is one group that was targeted by the Women's Christian Temperance Union?
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saloon owners
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What was the goal of the Americanization movement that gained popularity between 1875 and 1910?
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to encourage immigrants to assimilate into American culture
