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BRIA: Jane Adams

1. Describe how Jane Addams applied her conception of American democracy to the problems of immigration and race.

2. Explain Jane Addams’s opposition to war and how she equated war with her resistance to the exploitation of immigrants.

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1.Putting her convictions into practice, she worked diligently to improve the lives of working people and immigrants in rapidly expanding American cities by helping establish Hull House, a settlement house for immigrants in Chicago.

Step-by-step explanation:

They feared that war would undermine all their efforts to achieve social justice and democracy. Addams risked her prestigious reputation by opposing World War I. ... Even after public opinion shifted and forced Addams out of the mainstream, she continued to advocate for world peace

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