USA HISTORY

WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900

AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which person intended to help Chicago’s immigrants in the political arena and created the Hull House?
A
Jacob Riis
B
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
C
Jane Addams
D
Eugene V. Debs
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Born in Cedarville, Illinois, on September 6, 1860, and graduated from Rockford Female Seminary in 1881, Jane Addams founded, with Ellen Gates Starr, the world famous social settlement Hull-House on Chicago’s Near West Side in 1889.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1889, Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr established Hull-House in Chicago, the first settlement house in the United States. By the late 1800s, Chicago had begun its transformation into the manufacturing hub of the United States.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1889, Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr founded the Hull House in Chicago’s near west side. [1] Inspired by London’s Toynbee Hall, the Hull House broke ground as the first settlement house in the United States.

Detailed explanation-4: -Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom In the USA, Jane Addams worked to help the poor and to stop the use of children as industrial laborers. She ran Hull House in Chicago, a center which helped immigrants in particular.

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