<span>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</span>
The encomienda system was seen as a true trusteeship among the
population, as opposed to the repartimiento system which was seen as
abusive, and was thought to promote unethical behavior.
