muckraking journalists as Ida M. Tarbel l)‚ and of course the great Progressive politicians‚ themselves making up a remarkable spectrum of Progressive variations. Occupying the poles of the Progressive political spectrum were Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson‚ each of whom developed his own brand of political Progressive theory and policy. Roosevelt’s New Nationalism emphasized giving a vigorous national government the power to regulate and mediate among large‚ clashing economic and social actors
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coal and oil. The War Labor Board pushed for a minimum wage‚ eight hour days and the rights of workers to form unions. Wages rose‚ working conditions improved‚ and union membership skyrocketed. Government used its power to shape public opinion. 1917‚ Wilson administration created the Committee on Public Information which created propaganda to get Americans to support the
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The Treaty of Versailles was made after WWI in Paris 1919 there was a representative from America‚ Great Britain‚ France and Italy. American Woodrow Wilson‚ Great Britain’s David Lloyd George‚ Frances Georges Clemenceau and Italy’s Vittorio Orlando were known as the ’Big Five’. The Treaty was drawn up so Germany who was responsible for the war was to pay reparations to the allies and their associated powers. The Treaty consisted of Territorial Settlements‚ a war guilt clause‚ reparations and restrictions
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of 1917 and Sedition Act (Amendment) of 1918 On April 2nd 1917‚ President Woodrow Wilson of the United States of America‚ " went before Congress and called for a declaration of war. Both the House and the Senate voted overwhelmingly in favor of going to war with Germany."# This was an act that led to much resistance among the American people. Not four months earlier the American people re-elected President Wilson‚ partly because of his success in keeping the United States out of this European
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LaGravenese is the theme of understanding‚ respect and tolerance. “Freedom Writers” is an amazing and inspiring film set after the Rodney King Riots in L.A. the film is based on a true story about the experiences that the students from room 203 at Woodrow Wilson High School went through. The variety of camera work used throughout the film helped portray how the characters demonstrated the importance of showing tolerance‚ understanding and respect. At the beginning of the film when the students meet Erin
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not benefit the allies. In another passage entitled Poor Wilson Mao Zedong discusses how he feels sorry for The United States President Wilson at the Peace Conference. Mao compares Wilson at the conference to an ant on a skillet. He explains how Wilson’s other ally leaders were acting selfishly and would not let Wilson speak his mind. Mao explains how Wilson had no choice in the end but to side with the other ally leaders. Mao feels Wilson had very good ideas that he was not able to get across. In
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from public. AFL (goals/tactics): Led by Samuel Gompers; an alliance of skilled workers in craft unions; concentrated on brea-and-butter issues such as higher wages‚ shorter hours‚ and better working conditions. Aligned w/ Democratic Party under Wilson. Alfred Mahan American naval officer who wrote influential books emphasizing sea power and advocating a big navy 1890. Influenced TR to build a navy and influenced imperialism Amendments that expand democracy 15th amendment - prohibits denial
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actually followed through due the dangers of rising and then fighting (history). On May 7‚ 1915 a British vessel‚ Lusitania was shot and sunk off the coast of Ireland‚ killing a hundred and twenty-four Americans (notes). In December of 1915‚ President Wilson sent an advisor to Europe‚ seeking to find if he could settle peace between Britain and Germany‚ but failed
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the U.S. declared war on Germany. According to the University of Houston’s Digital History site‚ Woodrow Wilson stated‚ “there were ‘millions of men and women of German birth and native sympathy who live amongst us‚’... ‘If there should be disloyalty‚ it will be dealt with a firm hand of repression’”. Within three weeks Congress began debating the issue of espionage during wartime. President Woodrow Wilson’s administration drafted an act on espionage and presented it to Congress. During their debates
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Most Americans saw little reason for the United States to involve itself in "the European War‚" though some individuals—such as young pilots excited at the notion of flying in combat—enlisted through Canada or elsewhere. President Woodrow Wilson won reelection in 1916 on the slogan‚ "He kept us out of war." That same year he tried to bring the combatant nations to the bargaining table to seek an end to the war that would be fair to all‚ but the attempt failed. America was drawn into the conflict
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