Silver Purchase Act‚ 1890 3. William Jennings Bryan‚ Cross of Gold C. Election of 1896 V. The Course of Reform A. The Progressive Mind B. Muckrakers 1. Ida Tarbell‚ The History of the Standard Oil Company 2. Jacob Riis‚ How the Other Half Lives 3. Upton Sinclair‚ The Jungle 4. Ray Stannard Baker 5. John Spargo‚ The Bitter Cry of Children 6. Lincoln Steffens‚ The Shame of the Cities 7. Thomas Nast C. Women Progressives 1. “social housekeepers” 2. Jane Addams‚ Hull House 3. Margaret Sanger D. Reforming
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AP US History Ch 29 The American Pageant Test Study Guide Consider the 5 Ws when thinking about history: Who‚ What‚ When‚ Where‚ & Why/How is it important? Ch 29 Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt‚ 1901-1912 The “real heart” of the progressive movement was effort by reformers to use gov’t as an agency of humanitarian welfare The political roots of progressive movement lay in – Greenback Labor Party & Populists Late 19th century social critics & their criticisms: Thorstein Veblen
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The Progressive reformers addressed problems of the social and economic aspect‚ The New Deal brought some relief from the Great Depression‚ and the economic problems brought by the government. America has succeeded in finding solutions for some of its issues‚ like the Social Security program‚ but failed in others such as the problem with discrimination among minorities. Major problems are rarely solved by one solution‚ in the case with the Great Depression‚ the programs were a series of solutions
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As the United States entered the twentieth century‚ reform efforts from the Progressives entered with it. With increasing numbers of people joining the workforce‚ thus establishing a middle class‚ an era of change was ushered in by these reformers. The Progressives inspired a revamp across all aspects of American society‚ from the federal government to living and workplace conditions. As the US became a modern industrial nation‚ there was a need for more government action and less pure laissez-faire
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1. By the pool method the company would consume all competition to control supply interlocking directorate was when a company or group with control the board members of other companies to facilitate deals to benefit the baeking party horizontal integration is where a corporation controls all of one area of production to hold a monopoly on that stage of production vertical integration is when a company controls all stages of production of a product controlling every part and monopolizing prices 2
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extensive property damage‚ a situation that continued well into the 20th century. The Jungle focuses on the life and times of recent immigrants to the United States from Eastern Europe. Upton Sinclair wrote his book “The Jungle” not only to speak for "the workingmen of America‚" the people to who he dedicated the book. Sinclair wrote the book in order to question the American capitalist system‚ and his intensions were to improve the lives of the workers and immigrants who suffered under capitalism by showing
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Progressive Era The rapid industrialization of the cities during the late nineteenth century led to many problems and conditions that needed to be solved. These reforms became the foundation of the progressive movement. The two major problems were the unfair labor conditions and the abusive practices of big business owners. The reform also required laws are passed by different levels of government. First major problem consisted of unfair labor conditions. Women and children made up a large population
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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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Dear Aunt Bessie‚ November 25‚ 2013 Knock knock. Who’s there? I don’t know just read this letter Aunt Bessie. So as you know progressivism is a series of reforms needed in order to repair the underside of America. You also are aware that you have asked me to give away your million dollars to three reform movements in the levels of $600‚000‚ $300‚000‚ and $100‚000. The three problems I came up with are women’s suffrage‚ food safety‚ and child labor. I have decided that Woman’s suffrage will
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Social Darwinism was a main force in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The first to coin the phrase “survival of the fittest‚” Herbert Spencer‚ a 19th century philosopher who we can credit with the establishment of the concept of Social Darwinism. Spencer applied the theory of evolution to human conduct. Social Darwinist based their belief on theories of evolution developed by Charles Darwin. Some social Darwinist felt that the government should not regulate or get involved with
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