🇺🇸ap us history review

Settlement house movement

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

A reform movement in which activists established community centers in urban immigrant neighborhoods to provide social services, education, and advocacy for improved living conditions.

AP course connection

Topic 6.11: 6.11 Reform in the Gilded Age

Unit 6

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