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.
C
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A fundamental element in the first two periods of European imperial ventures in the Americas was the presence of __________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Georgia grew very slowly for all of the following reasons except
a. its unhealthy climate. b. early restrictions on black slavery. c. Spanish attacks. d. John Oglethorpe's leadership. e. lack of a plantation economy.
The term that describes the practical application of science to agriculture is
a. enclosure movement. b. classification scheme. c. binomial. d. economic botany. e. Columbian exchange.
An important transformation in American culture signified by the emergence of swing was that
a. black musicians gained widespread popularity among white audiences for the first time. b. white musicians consciously emulated black artists for the first time. c. young people emerged as the deciders of the nation’s musical tastes for the first time. d. black musicians created a nationwide yet racially inclusive musical genre for the first time.