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    During the Progressive Era‚ there were many problems politically‚ economically‚ and socially. These problems were not left alone‚ people of all sorts tried to stand up to the wrong during this time period. Laws would be passed‚ protests would take place‚ acts were put in place‚ and more. Despite all of this activity to solve the Progressive Era’s problems‚ they were only weakened. The Progressive Era had many immigrants come to America searching for a better life. Though the life conditions that

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    The Lewis and Clark expeditions was a historical turning point in American history. It expanded our current knowledge of what used to be the Louisiana territory by leaps and bounds. When thinking of this expeditions‚ most people forget many people accompanied Lewis and Clark. Each member had important jobs and roles in order to push the gain of knowledge along‚ and there were even cases of incredulous misbehavior with appropriate punishments‚ and of course‚ along the way death had occurred. Without

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    During week ten we discussed‚ The Progressive Era‚ 1900-1916. The Progressive Era was changes that occurred in the U.S. during the early 1900’s. The twentieth century began and America wanted to progress through social and political response of immigration‚ urbanization and growth of corporation (Zeide 10/21). There were many important people who emerged during this time from‚ journalists to female reformers‚ labor activists‚ and politicians. The Progressive Era was successful in many ways; Dubs

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    most do. 2) Stock Market Crash- (1929) Plunge in stock market prices that marked the beginning of the Great Depression. 3) New Deal- the historic period (1933-1940) in the U.S. during which President Franklin Roosevelt’s economic policies were implemented. Three components of the New Deal. The first "R" was the effort to help the one-third of the population that was hardest hit by the depression‚ & included social security and unemployment insurance. The second "R" was the effort in numerous programs

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    civil war‚ the 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

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    Progressive Era is when the world was going through a political and social change. Health care was starting to become more organized and structured‚ the creating of new medicine was becoming for popular than using old remedies and public health awareness was growing by providing information to the people. Health care had no choice but to change because of the changing population. People were living longer and the population of people was vastly increasing. With the increase of people health care

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    “I am only a little satisfied with my previous works. From today on I will take a neuen Weg – a new path.” When Beethoven said this to his friend Wenzel Krumpholz in 1802‚ Beethoven was at his pinnacle in the Viennese tradition. But faced with the fear of repetitive style‚ Beethoven changed towards what we can call his Romantic or “Heroic” decade‚ where Beethoven would launch “a turning point in the history of music itself.” This turning point was epitomized in his new symphony‚ the Symphony n°3 in

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    The Progressive era set off great social reforms and the rising of socialist ideas. This era fought against political and social corruption‚ like the muckrakers. Corporations neglected employers. Investigative journalists‚ muckrakers‚ used the power of photography to report child labor. Thanks to them‚ the rates of child labor dropped from 18% to 5 % by 1930. Laws were created to limit child labor‚ making them inconvenient to hire. New fire codes laws and safety measures implemented after the tragic

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    prisons are run has changed. Changes include social roles‚ informal behavior norms‚ and social solidarity. Prison history has three major eras the Big House‚ the correctional institution‚ and the contemporary prison. In The Big House era criminals were known as “convicts” and the guards where known as “hacks” and they were both supposed to keep distance from each other. To make their time easier in the Big House‚ convicts developed their own social roles‚ informal codes of behaviors‚ and language

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    The Great Depression The Great Depression was a tragedy for the whole world‚ but it mostly damaged specifically one country‚ which had the best economic system in the world at that time - United States of America. The Great Depression was an economic collapse from 1930s to 1940s. This economic disaster was brought to life because of a huge amount of problems. There even were different types of problems‚ such as social‚ political‚ economic‚ or military problems. All together‚ they created this economic

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