Why were many women part of the settlement house reform movement?
a. They believed that poverty was the worst problem in society and must be prevented.
b. Men were not interested in urban poverty, and women were the only ones left to tackle the problem.
c. The women who helped start settlement houses could bring their children there, which made it easier for them.
d. It was one of the few places in American society to which they could bring their talents.
e. Women believed that education was the only way to eradicate poverty in the United States.
D
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A) there were no Indian tribes or communities remaining east of the Mississippi. B) only the Iroquois in New York, a few Cherokees in North Carolina, and scattered small organized Indian communities such as the Seminoles remained living east of the Mississippi. C) the Florida Seminoles had been annihilated and defeated by the U.S. Army in three wars. D) the Sac and Fox tribes had forcibly reacquired their native homelands in the Old Northwest from the U.S. government.
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a. exposed the United States Senate as a millionaires' club. b. exposed the deplorable condition of blacks in urban areas. c. uncovered the corruption and collusion between municipal government and the Standard Oil Company. d. uncovered official collusion in prostitution and white slavery. e. unmasked the corrupt alliance between big business and municipal government.
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A. As they were political enemies of the Emperor, he was entitled to impose penalties. B. To enforce his authority as dominus, or living god C. Refusal to participate in the imperial cult weakened the unity of the Empire. D. It would require more administration to enforce his decrees, making more people dependent on him. E. It provided a cultural rallying point among non-Christians in the empire.
To most Progressives the "fitness" of voters, not their absolute numbers, defined a functioning democracy, thus millions of blacks were eliminated from voting rolls even as millions of white women were added.
a. true b. false