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    California is a Progressive state whose progressive political ideology originates from the American Progressive Era of the 1800s and continues to influence state legislation today. During the late 1800s and early 1900s‚ the political unrest in response to anti-suffrage for women and monopolies created a climate for reform to take places in California. Progressives shaped California by bringing public attention to a multitude of issues ranging from human rights to food and water supply. Progressive ideology

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    JAMES LAND History – To what extent were the social reforms of the Liberal Government between 1905 and 1914 a response to fuller knowledge about the extent and intensity of poverty? During the late nineteenth century the British government‚ under the Liberal party‚ acted according to the principle of laissez faire. This term refers to an economic doctrine that opposes governmental regulation of or interference in commerce beyond the minimum necessary for a free-enterprise system to operate

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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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    Growing and changing come hand in hand. Coming of age isn’t determined by a number‚ but a series of life lessons and experiences. Pip in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens goes through many different states on the road to finding himself. The states that Pip goes through as he comes of age are finding a place to belong‚ discovering who he can depend on‚ and defining what really matters in life. The first stepping stone in Pip’s coming of age is finding a place to belong. A quote that shows the

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    The coming-of-age novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens is a captivating story about a young boy named Pip who is experiencing all of life’s changes as he grows up. Throughout the book the reader see’s Pip grow for better or worse. Pip’s expectations grow in three stages. The first stage is Pip wanting so badly to be a respectable‚ wealthy gentleman‚ the second is Pip becoming a gentleman in hopes that Estella‚ a cruel hearted wealthy girl‚ will love him. Stage three is when he finally comes

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    during this time period the Gilded Age was taking place. This was where on the surface‚ things looked good‚ but really they weren’t. The Great Chicago Fire was something that tremendously impacted everything in its path including people‚ infrastructure‚ and nature. Due to the Great Chicago Fire devastating Chicago and the surrounding areas‚ it left the city in a large amount of debt‚ thousands of people homeless‚ and massive destruction to the city. The Great Chicago Fire devastated many regions

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    An Introspective into the Mechanism of Starbucks’ Clockwork: Leadership Culture‚ Team Structure and Human Resource Strategy Analysis Wanda Goodnough University of the Rockies Abstract Strong leadership strategy and efficient leadership culture are an integral part of any entrepreneurship. Predetermining the course of the company’s actions‚ the strategies that are going to be chosen in the relationships with the customers‚ and the specifics of the organizational behavior within the firm‚ these

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    working and living conditions. The Progressive Movement resulted in response to these issues. Members and advocates of this movement were usually white (some blacks too)‚ middle-class‚ Christian‚ mostly college educated women (and men). They sought to achieve social justice through equality and enhance life in America for everyone. To further the nation’s democratic ideals‚ they hoped to incorporate reforms based on the expectations of the majority public. The Progressive Movement was a success because

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    numerous other social reforms. These controversial issues were tackled by eloquent speakers like Charles Finney‚ who commenced the Second Great Awakening‚ and individuals who noticed that the American society was dehumanising large affinity groups‚ like a woman named Dorothea Dix‚ who noticed that the living conditions for the mentally ill resemble prison cells‚ and led a crusade to change mental hospitals across the United States (Newman 212). The people in the antebellum era made a difference by

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    Who Were the Progressives? (ca. 1890s-1910s) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Even more energetic a sphere of historical controversy than that over the Populists is the historians’ argument over the Progressive movement. The Progressives were a heterogeneous collection of reformers. Active chiefly in the nation’s cities and the urban mass media (and in the legislatures of such states as Wisconsin and New York)‚ the Progressives carried out efforts

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