and Politics 1. Bimetallism‚ Greenbacks‚ Specie 2. Legislative acts a. Bland-Allison Act‚ 1878 b. Sherman Silver Purchase Act‚ 1890 3. William Jennings Bryan‚ Cross of Gold C. Election of 1896 V. The Course of Reform A. The Progressive Mind B. Muckrakers 1. Ida Tarbell‚ The History of the Standard Oil Company 2. Jacob Riis‚ How the Other Half Lives 3. Upton Sinclair‚ The Jungle 4. Ray Stannard Baker 5. John Spargo‚ The Bitter Cry of Children 6. Lincoln Steffens‚ The Shame of the Cities 7. Thomas
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children from dangerous working conditions to the the change in in women’s rights allowing women to vote nationwide. We see that during the progressive era people wanted change in child labor the US. The people who shed light on this problem were the muckrakers. They were journalist who exposed the problems in the US in hopes of influencing the people and the government to address problems. We see examples of this during the progressive era from photographer Lewis Hine. He was able to
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During the transition into the twentieth century‚ the Progressive Era took place where many progressives had a great influence on society. Progressives were middle-class idealists that came from various different backgrounds who came together as a moment to work towards a common goal. They were social activists that believed America was under a crisis due to urban-industrial revolution and sought reform and regulations to bring social justice to society. Many factors took place in creating the progressives
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The Progressives success in achieving major reform in American Society in 1880 to 1920 was a long hard struggle. They fought for labor rights‚ better working conditions and condensed the monopolies‚ mainly the railroad that strong armed farmers due to unfair shipping costs. They fought for laborers rights to assembly and bargain‚ they gave women the right to vote and created governing bodies that promoted free and open markets as well as health. One downside was prohibition. And actually many progressives
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The Progressive Era What were the motives behind the groups and individuals known as Progressives? The Progressive movement is a broad label for the various economic‚ social‚ and political reform movements that took place in the United States between 1900 and 1914. Throughout the Progressive Era‚ a common concern sets the tone for nearly every discussion of economic‚ social‚ and political policy: an uneasiness in the population brought about by the dramatic development of modern industry and
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the problems brought forth by industrialization after the Civil War in America. Although many American’s benefitted from the new change in the country‚ a good portion of them did not. Some of the issues it attempted to address through the help of muckraker journalists were women and child labor‚ public education and health‚ elimination of governmental corruption‚ product safety‚ treatment of employees‚ and sanitation of work areas. Women and child labor had become a growing moral issue amongst the
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are more specific. 1902 Anthracite Coal Strike Booker T. Washington Gospel of Wealth (1889) Granger Laws Hepburn Act Homestead Act Industrialization Interstate Commerce Commission Jane Addams Lost Cause Mississippi Plan Muckrakers New South Pendleton Act Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) Populists Progressives Railroads Railroad Pools Theodore Roosevelt Last Edited: January 28‚ 2014 Short-Answer Section There will be one short-answer question from the reading by
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people should take a practical approach to morals and knowledge. Progressive thinkers adopted this philosophy because it enabled them to challenge fixed notions that stood in the way of reform. However to act‚ citizens first must be informed. Muckrakers‚ a term coined by Roosevelt‚ were journalists who wrote to the middle class about corruption‚ greed and schemes in politics. Lloyd‚ a reporter‚ fully exposed the corruption of the monopoly‚ Standard Oil. With the public fully informed about these
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During 1900-1916 was a period known as The Progressive Era. An era of progressive reforms and expansion. The Progressive Era is also called as a Progressive Movement‚ a movement that changed America and cured the American society. “The word “Progressive” came into common use around 1910 as a way of describing a broad‚ loosely defined political movement of individuals and groups who hoped to bring about significant change in American social and political life.” (Page 683”) Progressive Era can be labeled
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