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    Choose three works of art from the Baroque period through the Postmodern era that are from the same time period or style and that have a similar theme. This project is broken down into two parts. In this unit you will work on the first two bullet points‚ which are highlighted in bold below. The final version will include all four bullet points and is due at the end of the Unit 5. Your final paper will be a 1200-1500 word critical essay about the three works of art you have chosen. The goals

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    During Progressive era a lot of people were trying to immigrate into our country. Progressivism began as a social social movement and grew into a political movement‚ started in the 1890s and ended in the 1920s. In the early progressive era people rejected Social Darwinism. People in distant countries used American-made clothes‚ shoes‚ textiles‚ machines‚ steel‚ oil‚ rubber‚ and tools‚ among other finished products. They also ate foods grown in American soil and relied upon America’s iron ore‚ coal

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    Political and Voting Reform Dear President Roosevelt‚ Your presidency has brought our great nation into a Progressive Era. The policies and reforms you have instituted have helped benefit the citizens of America. There have been many positive changes to the nation along with some negative changes. New voting rights and reforms on politics are among the many changes. The positive far out-weigh the negatives‚ yet they are still there. Much needed political reforms as well as voting reforms

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    key pieces of evidence from the documents and by drawing on your knowledge of the period. Evaluate the effectiveness of Progressive Era reformers and the federal government in bringing about reform at the national level. In your answer be sure to analyze the successes and limitations of these efforts in the period 1900-1920. Document A Document B Source: The Neill-Reynolds Report‚ June 4‚ 1906. Meat scraps were also found being shoveled into receptacles from dirty floors where they

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    The Progressive Era lasted from the 1890s to the 1920s focusing on many different issues. During the Progressive Era women played a key part in trying to make changes in their political rights and making advancements in progressivism. “Equal Rights” was not what it seemed to be‚ women of course had their freedom but they necessarily didn’t have the freedom to vote like that of men. There are so many different things that led to women getting involved in the Progressive Era. Before women’s suffrage

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    From the late 1800’s to around the 1920’s America was going through the Progressive Era. During the Progressive Era people sought out change in the way workers were treated on the job and as a citizen. There were many reforms trying to improve life for people in the time period. Ending the sales of alcohol was one of the reforms attempting to improve lives of immigrants and poor people. Passing laws controlling child labor and the amount of hours women and children can work has a larger effect on

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    Before the Progressive Era women found themselves in traditional roles raising the family and keeping the families moral compass pointing in the proper manner. Many of them never considered life outside of them home‚ as this was how they were raised. In the advent of the beginning years of the Progressive Era with many of the largest companies controlling the largest chunks of America’s financial interests these same women were looking outside. By this I mean‚ the very important job they had raising

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    American economy” (Feinberg 21). It was because of this chase for extravagance and luxury at its highest forms‚ however‚ that led to the demise of the US economy. With this in mind‚ the Great Depression influenced the 1930s by setting the international socioeconomic foundations for decades to come. The 1920s was an era known by many to be boisterous and blithe‚ without a trace of assiduousness. Never were Americans more determined to have fun and “eager to enjoy the good life” to reap all of the benefits

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    Running Head: THE BUST AND RECOVERY OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION The Devastating Results of “The Great Depression” Damaris R. Rodriguez American Intercontinental University Abstract The Great Depression began in North America but turned into a worldwide economic crisis that began in 1929 thru about 1939.

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    the Gilded Age‚ an unfortunate era that left the average working Americans poor while a new class of wealthier people started to rise. Nugent explains to us the breakdown of Progressivism and what occurred when it struck our nation. Progressivism began to come together in the end of the 1800s due to the ills of American Society that had developed during the great spurt of industrial growth. It shaped and progressed from 1900 to 1917 and finally started to disappear from 1917 to the early 1920s. Nugent

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