Question

The Settlement House Movement began in urban England with the purpose to

force the poor away from the wealthy


increase opportunities for the wealthy and middle class


make it harder for the poor to find a place to live


improve the lives of the poor

Answer 1

The correct answer is improve the lives of the poor.

Answer 2

The correct answer here is the last option. The settlement movement was created in 1880s as a reformist movement whose goal was to help the poor and improve their lives. Their plan was to this by getting the wealthy and the poor to share an interdependent community. The settlement movement hoped to achieve this by opening the “settlement houses” where someone from the middle class who volunteered would live and improve the living conditions of their poorer neighbors