Question 1

An increase in the percentage and in the number of people living in cities.

Accepted Answer

urbanization

Question 2

Multistory building divided into crowded apartments

Accepted Answer

tenement

Question 3

A district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions.

Accepted Answer

slum

Question 4

Movement of the late 1800s that urged Christians to do social service.

Accepted Answer

social gospel

Question 5

Social reformer best known for founding Hull House in Chicago.

Accepted Answer

Jane Addams

Question 6

Chicago settlement house dedicated to helping the urban poor.

Accepted Answer

Hull House

Question 7

A party organization that recruits members by dispensing patronage.

Accepted Answer

political machine

Question 8

To give out.

Accepted Answer

dispense

Question 9

Granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support.

Accepted Answer

patronage

Question 10

Devoted to a cause or ideal or purpose.

Accepted Answer

dedicated

Question 11

Political machine in New York, headed by Boss Tweed.

Accepted Answer

Tammany Hall

Question 12

Very large or great; beyond ordinary means of measurement.

Accepted Answer

immense

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