Why did Hannah Jones have such a hard time understanding her father's pride in flying the American flag?

Cause she was a democrat. I am kidding. Some kids just don't understand until they are old and are taught more about the flag and what it stands for.

Explanation:

She probably had a hard time understanding because she didn't know the history of the United States of America

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its main object was the establishment of "settlement houses" in poor urban areas, in which volunteer middle-class "settlement workers" would live, hoping to share knowledge and culture with, and alleviate the poverty of, their low-income neighbors.