Settlement houses were different from other social services because they focused on ______.

a. providing physical resources such as food and housing to people living in poverty
b. identifying and addressing the oppressive conditions suffered by their “members”
c. helping the poor and immigrants adjust to the existing social order
d. ensuring that people living in poverty also received mental health care


Ans: B

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a. Women of color b. Men of color

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