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    activism‚ to immigrant workforce conditions and violent crimes of the settlement houses. But her agenda on Americanization and integration of the poor immigrants living in the Hull House were the most highly debated and critiqued‚ as many of these settlement housing programs encouraged and favored Americanization and integration among its residents‚ essentially squashing the “old world” cultures of the immigrants. But Addams’s settlement house‚ Hull House‚ had a much different approach regarding Americanization

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    majority of “settlement houses” across the country? Middle-class women and men 6. What was the purpose of the “settlement houses”? To improve the lives of poor families by providing amenities and services that were not provided by government‚ such as clubs‚ classes‚ social gatherings‚ playgrounds‚ arts programs‚ sports and summer camps‚ clean milk stations‚ well-baby clinics 7. What was the name of the first “settlement house”? University Settlement House in London/

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    Jane Addams played a significant role is shaping the Human Service profession. Jane Addams work in developing the settlement house movement has had lasting effects in our field even today. She was successful in changing the overall attitude toward welfare. Before the late 1800’s‚ there was still an attitude of the “worthy” poor vs. the “unworthy” poor. This negative attitude would cast continuous judgment on all people receiving assistance. Upper-class community members would accuse people who were

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    As the Englishmen of future Jamestown set sail‚ they never stopped to think about how over half of the population of the new world would die within the first few month‚ as stated on www.jarofquotes.com‚ “Despair gives courage to a coward.”. A little bit of background info might be good‚ so here it is. The date is the spring of 1607‚ as well‚ the places are‚ Chesapeake Bay‚ the James River‚ and Jamestown itself. And finally‚ out of the background info‚ before they came‚ the English had many fights

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    The Jamestown Fiasco Commentary   According to Edmund S. Morgan‚ the majority of problems faced by the first settlers who arrived to Jamestown in the year 1607 were caused by the poor organization within the colony. For example‚ the settlers were unwilling to grow their own food supply and establish a reliable foundation for future settlers. Despite the abundance of game to hunt‚ and perfect weather conditions to harvest crops‚ the settlers would instead dig up corpses‚ and in one case a man

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    Guy Ferguson‚ a strong-willed man who endured 13 admittances into Crownsville Hospital after the amendment to allow all races – not just blacks – was interviewed and recounted his stories that he had experienced in the asylum. Ferguson became the victim of “being stripped of his clothes‚ locked in seclusion…” (Stevens) Ferguson tried escaping the asylum several times only to be brought back. The doctors forced him to induce anti-psychotic medication called Thorazine even knowing that he was highly

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    History Essay 11/3/09 There were many problems faced by both farmers and immigrants in the late 1800’s. The economy was very shaky‚ the government was not stepping up to help‚ and the immigrants faced harsh times in their coming to America. Eventually many groups were formed to help with these issues. Farmers faced many issues in the 1800’s. First off‚ debt was a huge issue for farmers. Falling crop prices‚ unpaid loans‚ and crashing banks all led to the huge debt of farmers. Because the

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    Jamestown: The Death Colony Why are there so many deaths in the middle of nowhere? From the beginning of 1607‚ an English colonization on the James River were already facing problems. The colonists had only come for gold which in result‚ caused people to die. Why did so many colonists die from 1607-1611 in Jamestown? Many settlers died because of these three reasons: bad environment/water‚ bad relations with the Indians‚ and the settlers’ lack of skills. The first reason was because of the

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    also resulted in the first permanent English settlement. The settlement of the Virginia Colony (Jamestown) was the source of economy of the Chesapeake Bay region and Virginia‚ during the colonial period was always tied upon the accessibility of plantation and slavery. On the year of 1607‚ May 14th‚ a hundred men sent by the Virginia Company of London‚ landed at the mouth of Chesapeake Bay which also resulted in the first permanent English settlement. The Virginia Colony was intended to supply

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    early years‚ Jamestown nearly failed due to the area in which the settlers chose to place their new settlement and the Virginia Company. Colonists set foot in North America in 1607‚ “the colonists established Jamestown on a site they chose mainly for its easy defense” (Hewitt‚ & Lawson‚ 2017‚ p. 46). The Englishmen were only looking out for their best interest in choosing a place that was easy to defend. These new colonists probably did not realize their mistake at first in placing Jamestown in this certain

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