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    The Populist party was a party created primarily to express the agrarian protest‚ in some states the party was known as the People’s Party. This party originated due to the Panic of 1873‚ where the economic welfare of farmers suffered badly; many believed that the management of currency was at fault. Farmers formed alliances in order to get their word out to the people and the government‚ their main reason farmers were agitated was because they wanted railroad regulation‚ tax reform‚ and unlimited

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    In what ways do the legislative and executive branches restrain the judiciary? I believe that‚ when considering the fact that they as individual branches have the fully granted power to not only make the laws but; they are also the ones seeing that these laws be enforced through proper channels and chain of command. This leaves the judiciary with limited actions. However if actions were to be taken against specific laws then the Supreme Court have the final say. Although all have a say in the power

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    Reconstruction By: 9/9/2013 1. Columbian historian Eric Foner (1983) quotes W. E. B. Dubois in calling reconstruction a “splendid failure (p.16).” After studying the events of late 19th century‚ defend whether or not you agree with his position. What are the long-term implications? In my opinion the one of the largest mistakes that was made was the amount of racism that still continued in America. Still to this day there is a large amount of racism in America‚ the only difference is it

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    Progressive case analysis I. Introduction and strategy analysis Over decades operating in a highly competitive environment‚ the key strategy that makes Progressive the top three in the $165 billion US private passenger auto insurance industry is focusing on innovations and customer satisfaction. Established in 1937‚ from the beginning‚ Progressive approached the market with an innovative method by providing customers drive-in claims service and the ability to make monthly installment payments

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    The Progressive Era was a period of widespread social activism and political reform across the United States‚ from the 1890s to 1920s. The main objective of the Progressive movement was eliminating corruption in government. The movement primarily targeted political machines and their bosses. By taking down these corrupt representatives in office a further means of direct democracy would be established. They also sought regulation of monopolies and corporations through antitrust laws. These antitrust

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    The progressive era was the response of the different groups to the problems caused by industrialization and urbanization. These problems occurred after the Civil War‚ some of these problems included the spread of poverty‚ labor laws‚ women suffrage and reforming the U.S. government. All of these problems resulted in a short-lived era‚ where various reforms and conditions were targeted and improved. People known as Progressives were trying to create change. In this era‚ there were many conditions

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    the reformers of the Progressive Era and the Federal Government were effective bringing about reform dealing with reforms to improve the social disgrace of the working conditions‚ the enthusiasm to be a nation of self-governed people‚ and the individual interests of presidents despite limitations in the rulings of court cases‚ the application of reforms reached‚ and the varying effectiveness of presidents. Reformers looking to improve the working conditions of the progressive Era made significant

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    Progressive Era The progressive leaders led the reform process of the nation’s industrial economy in the early years of the 20th century. Through the antirust acts‚ inspection acts‚ and regulations on trading‚ progressive reformers reshaped the way the economy ran. In a political cartoon by the Washington Post in 1907‚ President Roosevelt is on a dead raccoon with the words “bad trust” shaved into it. The political cartoon does over exaggerate the effectiveness of Roosevelt’s policies regarding

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    Jimmy Woody Mrs. Sivils US History December 12‚ 2013 Progressive Presidents Essays These Presidents had similar and different political views and elements. They all wanted to expand American influence‚ but had different way of handling it. Progressive Presidents‚ Teddy Roosevelt William Taft‚ and Woodrow Wilson were all considered to be the first modern presidents they all progression toward better conditions in government and society. They also sought to expand the power of the federal government

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    The author‚ Perry‚ gives us her critique on what she was able to find in women during the progressive era. She also gives four suggestion that historians should take when discussing the progressive era. In part one of her essay the author criticizes progressive era historians from the perspective of women. It seemed like it was very difficult to find any information about women during the progressive era. Which was

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