Progressive Era Research Paper
Yu “Star” Zhang
AMST 3225W
AMST 3252W Final Paper
Progressive Era: The Rising Power of Women
We define the Progressive Era the time in American history at the turning point of the 20th century, the time when industrial Revolution has brought along rapid industrialization and economic development, but also severe conflicts in social groups.
Between 1890s through 1920, waves of immigrations from outside of United States were arriving, numerous large cities were expanding, and as a result, issues of polarization of uneven social statuses, rates of infant mortality, and political concerns raised awareness of the public.
Trains and factories with smoke in the first-ever-made video of electrocuting Leon
Czologosz, implied the industrial …show more content…
Emma Goldman’s idea of Eugenicists “pointed to the imminent disasters that they felt the nation faced if attention were not paid to its most critical problems, what they saw as the ‘menace of the feebleminded’ or the unfit on the one hand (eugenicists), and the wholesale degradation of the natural environment and destruction of natural resources on the other (environmentalists) (Garland, 2013).” For most of the Eugenicists, they believed urbanization and industrialization have disrupted the natural order and therefore, should be scientifically intervened. By controlling “good genes” through the …show more content…
In fact, the popularity of Eugenics was also well explained by racial perfection. The book, Murdering McKinley has provided a perfect example. During the assassination of the President William McKinley, the name of James Parker, a black hero almost saved the President, was erased by the Secret Service:
Parker struck the assassin in the neck with one hand and with the other reached for the revolver which had been discharged through the handkerchief and the shots had set fire to the linen. While on the floor Czolgosz again tried to discharge the revolver but before he got to the president the Negro knocked it from his hand. (Murdering McKinley, 76)
As believed as one of the inferior races, the social status of African American was not recognized enough in the society at that time and in fact, with the belief of the white, as the superior race, a Negro should not and could not be a hero. This led to the Black intellectual movement of the New Negro. The movement was centered on Harlem and
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Yu “Star” Zhang
AMST 3225W
associated with Harlem Renaissance that emphasized Black accomplishment to create
AMST 3225W
AMST 3252W Final Paper
Progressive Era: The Rising Power of Women
We define the Progressive Era the time in American history at the turning point of the 20th century, the time when industrial Revolution has brought along rapid industrialization and economic development, but also severe conflicts in social groups.
Between 1890s through 1920, waves of immigrations from outside of United States were arriving, numerous large cities were expanding, and as a result, issues of polarization of uneven social statuses, rates of infant mortality, and political concerns raised awareness of the public.
Trains and factories with smoke in the first-ever-made video of electrocuting Leon
Czologosz, implied the industrial …show more content…
Emma Goldman’s idea of Eugenicists “pointed to the imminent disasters that they felt the nation faced if attention were not paid to its most critical problems, what they saw as the ‘menace of the feebleminded’ or the unfit on the one hand (eugenicists), and the wholesale degradation of the natural environment and destruction of natural resources on the other (environmentalists) (Garland, 2013).” For most of the Eugenicists, they believed urbanization and industrialization have disrupted the natural order and therefore, should be scientifically intervened. By controlling “good genes” through the …show more content…
In fact, the popularity of Eugenics was also well explained by racial perfection. The book, Murdering McKinley has provided a perfect example. During the assassination of the President William McKinley, the name of James Parker, a black hero almost saved the President, was erased by the Secret Service:
Parker struck the assassin in the neck with one hand and with the other reached for the revolver which had been discharged through the handkerchief and the shots had set fire to the linen. While on the floor Czolgosz again tried to discharge the revolver but before he got to the president the Negro knocked it from his hand. (Murdering McKinley, 76)
As believed as one of the inferior races, the social status of African American was not recognized enough in the society at that time and in fact, with the belief of the white, as the superior race, a Negro should not and could not be a hero. This led to the Black intellectual movement of the New Negro. The movement was centered on Harlem and
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Yu “Star” Zhang
AMST 3225W
associated with Harlem Renaissance that emphasized Black accomplishment to create