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    In the 1800’s married women were treated unfair and unequal‚ and in this case inequality of all women‚ of all races‚ was very evident by the way women were merely property. State law governed in all states that married women were legal possessions rather than equal persons. Married women could not own any personal possession or property‚ all they had‚ became their husbands. In the 1800’s women had no rights to vote‚ and women would not have the right to vote until 1920. There were unequal wages for

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    The Progressive Movement

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    During the Progressive Era from 1890 to 1920‚ Progressives (people in support of the movement) made the most significant reforms in the political area. Before changes were made in politics‚ the government was not believed to be strong enough in order to solve the problems including poverty‚ unfair working conditions‚ corruption in the economy‚ etc. So‚ the Progressive Movement was based on the idea of making the government stronger and more active in the solving of issues in society. Many progressives

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    The Progressive Reform Movement ! The modern America that society enjoys today pays homage to the reforms of the progressive era. Numerous positive changes occurred during this time through the efforts of progressive reformers‚ however‚ the most important social‚ economic‚ and political reforms were as followed: finalizing the right’s of women to vote‚ improvement in products‚ and the governments new way of regulating growing businesses and outlooks on government. Among those who benefited from

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    Movement Essay By : Amandaa Parris 11p Throughout the 18OOs the Unites States have been impacted on by many movements. This essay will discuss how the women’s suffrage movement and the labor‚ what events led to these movements and how they achieve their goals. After the Civil War‚ voting rights was ensured to all citizens of the United States‚ regardless of their race or color‚ but the rights for women’s voting was never considered or guaranteed. The women suffrage movement was the right for

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    Thesis: Jocelyn Olcott argues that the woman suffrage movement in Mexico failed because the FUPDM‚ which by 1937 was the focal point of suffragist activism‚ “had relinquished the leverage of a dissenting organization and because‚ particularly after the ruling party’s restructuring along corporatists lines‚ individual voting rights seemed irrelevant to women’s most pressing concerns. There were three factors that contributed to the activist decision to form the FUPDM. The first‚ Olcott states‚ is

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    Revivalism & Social Reform Grant Dockery Timothy L. Smith Christianity in the 1800s was a huge ordeal. It was growing exponentially between groups of people‚ churches were spreading‚ and the word was being taken out‚ but there are many questions to be asked about Christianity at that time. Churches and the government were tied tight‚ with which the church was very happy. Buildings and money were provided for the people‚ given that they help out in a number of ways. It was said to be a politico-religious

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    Reform DBQ Essay

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    States during the early decades of the nineteenth century sought to reform the United Staes and expand democratic ideas. There were many major reform movements that looked to expand democratic ideas‚ which include: establishing free (tax supported) schools‚ improving the treatment of the mentally ill‚ controlling or abolishing the sale of alcohol‚ gaining equal rights for women‚ and abolishing slavery. The reformers went out to “reform” the time period to greater the democratic ideals of the United States

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    Progressivism implies a philosophy that welcomes innovations and reforms in the political‚ economic‚ and social order. The Progressive movement‚ 1901 to 1917‚ was ultimately the triumph of conservatism rather than a victory for liberalism. In a general sense‚ the conservative goals of this period justified the Liberal reforms enacted by Progressive leaders. Deviating from the traditional definition of conservatism (a resistance to change and a disposition of hostility to innovations in the political

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    The Progressive Movement was an era where the citizens of America were exploiting the evils within the country. Many of the reform ideas came from earlier movements such as the social gospel‚ the populists‚ the settlement house movement‚ and the temperance movement. The Settlement House Movement was a movement when settlement houses were being established Settlement houses were there to provide social services and education to the poor social services and education to the poor workers who lived there

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    Prison "Reform" in America In the essay "Prison "Reform" in America‚" Roger T. Pray points out the much attention that has been devoted to research to help prevent crimes. Showing criminals the errors of their ways not by brutal punishment‚ but by locking them up in the attempt to reform them. Robert Pray‚ who is a prison psychologist‚ is currently a researcher with the Utah Dept. of Corrections. He has seen what has become of our prison system and easily shows us that there is really no such thing

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