Walter Trattner‚ in his From Poor Law to Welfare State‚ does a remarkable job of overviewing the major points of early American history‚ particularly the aspects of history that relate to social welfare. However‚ Trattner fails to acknowledge that the groups of people most remembered by history are not necessarily representative of the larger population. History is quick to remember virtuous individuals‚ especially if such individuals are wealthy and socially esteemed. Nancy Isenberg argues in White
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Prison Reform in the 19th Century So‚ every time I re-read a source or try to write‚ I keep thinking back to what I am actually trying to argue. I’ve finally figured out my argument: Hawthorne portrayed Hollingsworth as a failure because he did not believe in the prison reform efforts of the time. I came to this through looking at a lot of parallels in my sources‚ and finding different reasons for why my hypothesis is true. The two types of prison reform in the early 1800s were meant to reform
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Children like Jane Addams‚ Theodore Roosevelt‚ and Woodrow Wilson who were born during the Gilded Age‚ better known as children of the Gilded Age‚ saw that industries like the rail road system and steel had gain so much power that they controlled the government in the country and saw the poverty people lived in. They all realize a need to reform the system and began a plan in the following years. Between the years 1890 and 1945 relationships between the government and the labor movement had many
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Reform Movements Penitentiaries 1. John Howard was the leader of the penitentiary movement. 2. John Howard started the “Penitentiary Movement” because he had concerns for the jailers since they were beginning to see more and more deaths from the prisoners. Howard’s actions were caused due to the diseases that were intensified by the conditions of the prisoners’ incarcerations. The conditions were particularly that the jailers did not receive a salary; however‚ they made a living from prisoners
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Progressive Era‚ Industrial City The employers of the industrial city took advantage of the growth of population‚ and exploited the migration of immigrants moving to the cities looking for work‚ along with the fact that there were no regulations to keep the businesses in check at the same time the growth of the city was so fast and the lack of education on sanitation‚ life for the immigrant was dirty and difficult. For example; in New York City 1870-1920‚ population grew from 942‚292 to 5‚620‚040
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Moreover‚ the nature of land reform was so far-reaching that not only were members of the US embassy wary of Cárdenas‚ conservative Mexican strongmen found him to be a threat. However‚ Cárdenas found an operative method of preserving his regime’s balance of power: “allowing the emergence of local political autonomy” as a loose form of control and as a buffer against local political rivalry. Demonstrated in the case of the gubernatorial elections of Oaxaca in 1936‚ Cárdenas threw his support behind
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In the nineteenth century great advances were made toward industrializing america‚ but american freedoms were sacrificed in the process. Going into the twentieth century many changes were made to change the cultural norms of the previous century. The labor and women’s movement challenged the nineteenth centuries meaning of american freedom by showing the people that not everyone was being protected and accurately represented in america. The labor movement began because of many different outcomes
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thought to be the perfect size for children with small hands and fingers. Unfortunately‚ hands and feet would get caught‚ and children were easily injured. The environment in the factory was unhealthy; sickness from fumes was a norm. Grace Abbot‚ a Progressive Era reformer‚ attempted to pass the first child labor law in 1917 (“Children” 1). Congress struck down this legislation‚
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From the 1890s to the 1920s‚ many citizens of the United States participated in social activism in order to bring about social and political change. “Muckrakers” played an essential role during this Progressive Era. These journalists had the objective of educating the public about issues and persuading more people to fight for reform‚ and they did so by exposing society’s flaws through their work. One of the most key muckrakers at the time was journalist and author Upton Sinclair‚ Jr. He wrote “The
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American reform movements in the early to mid 1800’s strived at improving our developing society. America was growing larger‚ and with the expanding population‚ many new ideas sprang up. Conflicting opinions between the people of the United States caused the emergence of an Age of Reform‚ where people tried to change things such as the educational system and women’s rights. These movements were the result of our nation’s self-determination and interest in improving the society we
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