What was the purpose of the Settlement House Movement? What did the settlement houses and the Middle Class social workers hope to experience by living in these neighborhoods among the immigrant poor?


The purpose was to find a source of strength from the struggle, the willpower of the people fighting for survival, to organize those efforts into an effective way? I think.
What they hoped to experience was the environment and passion to survive. Also the attitudinal properties of the poor such as the fact they had more compassion.


In what way did working class women use the example of Hull House in order to help themselves? How did their methods relate to other attempts at working class collaboration we have already addressed in previous material/lectures?


What dangers affected young immigrant women or women from rural areas? According to the reading, why were their options often limited?


What does Addams mean about her initial naive attitude (She uses the word fatuous. GREAT WORD!) about the "common destiny" she hoped to experience by living in immigrant neighborhoods? Why was this notion of a “common destiny” actually false?

What did Addams and other social workers discover about the poor immigrants who lived in their neighborhoods? Why was “Americanization” and assimilation not enough? (Give Examples!)


How did Addams show she did not agree with “Americanization” and complete conformity to WASP norms for her immigrant neighbors? What was the purpose of the Industrial Museum?



Who patronized saloons? Why?


How did saloons function as the “social and intellectual centers of the neighborhood?” What political influence did saloons have?

Why did Melendy liken saloons to the “Charity Organization Society?” What did saloons provide for working class peoples that society did not?

How did Melendy address beliefs that saloons were dens of drunkenness and vice? What sorts of questionable behaviors occurred in saloons? How might a progressive temperance reformer respond to this report?