Describe Jane Addams's career as a social reformer
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The ideal answer should include:
1. Addams was a graduate of Rockford Female Seminary.
2. Two trips to Europe in the 1880s inspired her to begin a career as a social reformer.
3. A visit to London's Toynbee Hall, a social settlement founded to alleviate the problems of the laboring classes, convinced her to found a settlement house of her own in Chicago.
4. Hull House provided a variety of services for immigrants.
5. Addams embraced a variety of strategies in order to promote what she considered a more just society.
6. She campaigned against child labor and in favor of workers' freedom to negotiate with their employers for better wages and working conditions.
7. She believed that immigrants should preserve certain ethnic traditions.
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A. Republicans B. Wall Street, international bankers, and plutocratic capitalism C. people who hoarded their money and did not spend it D. industrial and farm overproduction
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