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    During the Progressive Era‚ the reformers were stricter and did not provide direct help‚ while the reformers in the New Deal were a little more direct in helping Americans. The progressive era policies were more concerned with correcting the society. All three presidents during this time period‚ including Theodore Roosevelt‚ Howard Taft‚ and Woodrow Wilson‚ implemented some progressive reforms. It was the government’s policy to correct social and economic problems as well as to provide assistance

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    US was facing many problems. These problems put the American public at risk and offended others. Something had to be done. This period in US history was called the Progressive era. Labor laws‚ women’s suffrage‚ and the US government were all reformed during the late 1800’s and the early 1900’s. The Progressives‚ middle class reformers‚ believed in abolishing all the harsh treatment and abuses that came with the growth of businesses. Muckrakers were people who informed the public about monopolies

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    Period: 1850-1900 1. Beyond the Frontier -line of white settlement at MO timber country by 1840s What’s in the West? What land? -“The Great Plains”/Prairie Plains: rich soil and good rainfall (Wisconsin down to Texas) -High Plains: rough‚ semiarid (Montana down to NMex.) -Rockies: formidable barrier (Alaska to NMex.) -Western Basin: home to many NA‚ desert‚ held in by the Cascades and Sierra Nevada‚ MOST travelers here (Idaho and Utah) -Pacific Coast: Washington‚ CA‚ OR -Early explorers

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    US History 11 Progressive Era The early years of the Twentieth Century brought with them major social changes and reforms.  These changes took time and many hours to implement in order to produce beneficial results.  Men and women of the Progressive Era such as Jane Adams‚ Upton Sinclair‚ and Theodore Roosevelt all contributed to this large reform movement in their various ways.  Social critics‚ women’s advancement reformers‚ and even two of our first presidents in the nineteen hundreds contributed

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    DBQ Question Project Question: What were the major innovations in technology between 1800 C.E. to 1900 C.E. in the Americas. Backround Information: Industerialization Remington Typewriter Henry Ford A Ford car contains about five thousand parts—that is counting screws‚ nuts‚ and all. Some of the parts are fairly bulky and others are almost the size of watch parts. In our first assembling we simply started to put a car together at a spot on the floor and workmen brought to it the

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    was established at a point on the Richibucto River just a few miles from its mouth‚ and was the beginning of the settlement of Kingston‚ now Rexton. As in the other areas one of the primary objectives of shipbuilding in the Richibucto area in these early years was to convey fish and lumber to the markets of Britain and the U.S.‚ so the ELLEN DOUGLAS was used to ship lumber to Great Britain‚ but she returned with a more valuable things like new settlers for the area. Through the numbers of men John

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    The late 1800s were difficult for African Americans in the south. Though they had been emancipated‚ they still experienced quite a bit of scrutiny and thus Jim Crow laws came around not too long after. This particular article is from an African American publication after black and white sugar workers walked off a plantation in protest. Though the sugar workers in Louisiana who began organizing the Knights of Labor group were both black and white‚ only the blacks were targeted in a militia killing

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    The Progressive Era reformers and the fedreal government were effective in bringing about reform at the national level by proof of amnedments passed‚ the food and drug administration‚ and various acts. One way that the progressives and federal government reformed America is by the four amendments; 16‚ 17‚ 18‚ and 19. The seventeenth amendment in 1913 provided for the direct election of senatros which was a victory for Roosevelt and pregressives. Another amendment passed during the Progressive

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    1800s America

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    During the 1800s‚ many major changes happened in America‚ whether it be changes in the cultural makeup of the people‚ American culture of the time‚ or freedoms and rights for women and African Americans. Many people immigrated to America during this time period‚ and cities grew very rapidly as a result of it‚ which caused some problems. Many reforms of art‚ literature‚ and society took place too. Finally‚ thoughts and ideas about abolishing slavery and granting women equal rights took place. As you

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    Survey of American History October 10‚ 2011 Republicans: Transforming Late 18th and Early 19th Century America Many different forms of government can be put into place that will dramatically influence the culture and lifestyle of a particular society. The influence of republicans was significant in helping to shape colonial America. Republicans grew and helped to transform colonial America exponentially in the years 1764 through 1812. In present-day America one simply views a republican as

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