What was the purpose of the settlement houses?

Table of Contents:

1. What was the purpose of the settlement houses?
2. What law requires immigrants to read and write?
3. What helped immigrants in the 1800s and early 1900s maintain their cultures?
4. Which law made it harder for some Europeans to immigrate to the United States and easier for others?
5. Why was it hard for many immigrants to find jobs in the United States in the late 1800s?
6. Which decade did Chinese immigration to America increase at a high rate?
7. Which conclusion does the chart support acculturation?
8. What are the 4 types of acculturation?

What was the purpose of the settlement houses?

Settlement houses were organizations that provided support services to the urban poor and European immigrants, often including education, healthcare, childcare, and employment resources.

What law requires immigrants to read and write?

Immigration Act of 1917

What helped immigrants in the 1800s and early 1900s maintain their cultures?

Answer. Living in enclaves helped immigrants of 1800 maintain their culture. These immigrants of 1800 and early 1900 moved to United States, leaving their native places. The major aim for immigration was shortage of job, lands, rising taxes, crop failure and famine.

Which law made it harder for some Europeans to immigrate to the United States and easier for others?

The Immigration Act of 1924, also called as the Johnson-Reed Act, was a law of the federal that was passed on in the USA intended to limit immigration of population in the US.

Why was it hard for many immigrants to find jobs in the United States in the late 1800s?

Why was it hard for many immigrants to find jobs in the United States in the late 1800s? They had specific training that was not useful in the US job market. They were commonly discriminated against by potential employers. ... Nativists thought Chinatowns were useful because they separated immigrants from other residents.

Which decade did Chinese immigration to America increase at a high rate?

1850's

Which conclusion does the chart support acculturation?

Answer: As it shows that settlement houses increased their number during the 1900s decade, a conclusion that the chart supports is that Acculturation and Americanization programs became more popular between 1900 and 1910.

What are the 4 types of acculturation?

Four acculturation strategies have been identified: integration, assimilation, separation, and marginalization (Berry, 2006).