Jane Addams and the Hull House Guided Reading

Jane Addams and the Hull House: Guided Reading Questions

1. When and where was Jane Addams born? A:

year did Jane Addams graduate from Rockford College?

3. What was Jane Addams the founder

4. Where was the settlement house known as the Hull House located? A: Chicago

5. What gave Jane Addams the idea to start a settlement house in the United

What was the name of the organization that helped to finance Jane Addams’ settlement house?

Woman’s Club called the project the “Toynbee Hall Experiment. ” What were the two main purposes of

8. Fill-in-the-Blank : Jane Addams was not the only person helping poor people & immigrants who were living in the tenements… • Stanton Coit found the “Neighborhood Guild” in _______________ City and Jean Fine, Helen Rand, & Vida Scudder organized the “College __________

9. Fill-in-the. Blank : The “Hull House” was located in Chicago’s ninth ward.

Blank : The red brick building Jane Addams would make into a settlement house had been owned by _______Hull, so Jane named it

11. When did the Hull House

12. List at five services the Hull House provided to the immigrants and poor people of the tenements. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

13. Name three other projects the Hull House was responsible for. 1. 2. 3.

14. Besides the Hull House, list three more of Jane Addams accomplishments. 1. 2. 3.

Eleanor Roosevelt, Rose Frances Witz, and Jane Addams (1935)