| Assignment 2 | Progressive Era Through the Great Depression | | In this assignment I will recognize the major turning points in American History Starting with the Progressive Era and going through the Great Depression. I will analyze how some historical events shape Americans current society‚ politics‚ economy‚ and culture. I will talk about how women and minorities have responded to challenges and made contributions to American culture. We will analyze how the United States rose to
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The Progressive Era also belongs to the age of American imperialism‚ where the US gained control of many oversea territories and interfered heavily with foreign politics. Progressive presidents employed three different ways to handle foreign politics: Roosevelt employed the aggressive “big stick” diplomacy foreign policy; Taft focused on economic growth with “dollar diplomacy”; while Wilson followed the Monroe Doctrine and intervened in Latin America with “moral diplomacy”. President Roosevelt utilized
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the 19th century‚ wealthy white people were the most powerful in the political circle. Political machines dominated politics‚ and the voices of the common people were stifled‚ sparking outrage against corporations and industries. As a result‚ the Progressives sought to break up the concentration of power and wrest control back to the people. They sought to fight against the patronage systems prevalent at the time‚ proposing merit-based appointments as a way to crack down on the political machines that
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The Progressive Era began in the 1890’s. The Progressive Era was a period of social and political reform in the US. Progressivism is the term applied to a variety of responses to the economic and social problems rapid industrialization introduced to America. People in the United States had long been displeased with the unsafe conditions‚ political corruption and social injustice of the industrial age; it was not until the late 19th century that the accumulation of cheap newspapers and magazines
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Fee‚ Rhiannon 1.) Define the term "Muckraker." Give me some examples of modern-day muckrakers. Be sure to include the name of the person who created it. A modern-day Muckraker is like a man named James O’Keefe. ACORN is an advocacy organization for people of low and moderate income. Well in 2009 his assistant posed as a prostitute and James was acting as her boyfriend. The hidden videos they took showed low-level ACORN employees in six cities giving advice to Giles and O’Keefe on how to avoid
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writers known as muckrakers exposed the unsafe conditions often faced by factory workers‚ including women and children .These negative impacts on the United States led to the Progressive Era. “The Progressive Era was a period of social activism and political reform across the United States from the 1890s to 1920s”. A group of reformers known as Progressives were working to improve society. I believe that the Progressive Era was good for America for several reasons. One way Progressive Era was beneficial
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Another transformation that happened in the Progressive Era was the status of women. In the late 19th century‚ middle-class women created settlement houses in poor and urban neighborhoods‚ so they could carry out reform work in the surrounding neighborhoods. As these houses grew and evolved‚ settlement house workers started lobbying local‚ state‚ and national governments to pass reform legislation like minimum wage‚ workplace safety standards‚ and sanitation regulations. These settlement houses gave
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Progressives during this time were classified as middle class American that strived for a change and wanted to lessen big corporation control. They wanted to move towards a system that was fair for all citizens. From the ideas of the Progressives‚ four amendments would be ratified into the constitution that would move the country towards a more equal society. Three of the
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THE DIRTY TRUTH As the Civil War concluded and the era of Reconstruction began‚ America tried to cure the tribulations society had fostered. More specifically‚ the Progressive Movement tried to repair the problems by reformation and cultivation of a better country. Some activists removed themselves from civilization and created utopian communities‚ while others struggled for equal rights and temperance. However‚ the success of all reforms came greatly from the work of “muckraking” journalists
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Throughout the time period of the Progressive era‚ there were numerous issues in race equality‚ the distribution of wealth‚ and the corruption of the government. These issues killed people‚ sent people into a life of hardship‚ and crippled the integrity of the politician and business owner. While some of these issues were addressed‚ they were not eradicated. While slavery was ended‚ there was still harsh racial tension in some areas and in the south where segregation or the ideology of equal
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