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Section One : Social Studies Questions 151–155 (page: 32)

Updated On: 9-Feb-2026

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In 1889, Jane Addams, a social reformer in Chicago, Illinois, founded a settlement house called Hull House, which provided child care, kindergarten, libraries, playgrounds, vocational and domestic training, and food services to poor city residents. It also sent visiting nurses to help care for the sick in Chicago's crowded neighborhoods.
At Hull House, young mothers practiced ways to care for their children--including the daily infant bath, which is illustrated in the photograph above. English-language classes, civic rights classes, and art classes were also offered. The settlement houses provided important services to the poor at a time when government and many churches did not provide them.
Many of the people who worked at the settlement houses also worked to outlaw sweatshop working conditions, to promote organized labor, and to secure workers' compensation laws.
Adapted from Winthrop D. Jordan, Miriam Greenblatt, and John S. Bowes, The Americans:
A History (Evanston, Ill.: McDougal, Littell & Company, 1994), 497.
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Based on the information, what did the middle-class settlement workers learn from their work at Hull House?

  1. Most immigrants who lived near Hull House had high-paying jobs.
  2. Working conditions were clean, safe, and comfortable in the city factories.
  3. City life was easy compared to life on a farm or small town.
  4. Political action was necessary for economic reforms in the cities.
  5. Working-class people in the city could afford their own health care.

Answer(s): D



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This letter was written by a member of the American Anti-Slavery Society.
To Mr. T. D. Weld
Dear Sir:
"You have been appointed an agent of the American Anti-Slavery Society. . . . Our object is the overthrow of American slavery. We expect to accomplish this, mainly by showing to the public its true character . . . its denial of the first principles of religion, morals, and humanity.
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"You will teach everywhere, the great fundamental principle of IMMEDIATE ABOLITION, as the duty of all masters. . . . Insist principally on the SIN OF SLAVERY, because our main hope is in the consciences of men.
"The people of color ought at once to be emancipated and recognized as citizens, and their rights secured, equal in all respects to others, according to the fundamental principle laid down in the American Declaration of Independence."
Letters of Theodore Dwight Weld, Angelina Grimke Weld, and Sarah Grimke, Volume I (New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1934), 124­28.


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The writer of the letter assumed which of the following statements was true?

  1. Slavery could only be ended by violence.
  2. Slavery was a subject that women should not discuss.
  3. Slavery was morally offensive to many Americans.
  4. Slavery was supported by the Declaration of Independence.
  5. Slavery was supported by the churches of America.

Answer(s): C



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According to the graph, which sector in the United States used the most fresh water in 1998?

  1. commercial sales
  2. agriculture
  3. households
  4. mining
  5. recreation

Answer(s): B



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According to the map, what would most drastically change the pattern of global grain trade?

  1. Australia
  2. North Africa
  3. Southeast Asia
  4. North America
  5. the Middle East

Answer(s): D



In 1865, the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution became law.Section 1 reads:
"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
Which event occurred in the United States as a result of the 13th Amendment?

  1. The civil rights of all citizens were protected by law.
  2. Women were granted the right to vote.
  3. Racial segregation ended.
  4. Criminals were given more legal protection.
  5. Slavery was declared illegal.

Answer(s): E



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