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• Characteristics
o Middle class
o Well educated
o Relatively young
o Diverse group-
Women
minorities
white men
o Saw long term problems developing in the united states
Social problems
o Optimistic about fixing those problems and about the future
o Thought they were better than the generation before them but, the next generation would be even better than them |
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group of journalists who focused public attention on social, economic, and political injustices
Upton Sinclair-expose the meat packing industry
Ida Tarbell-expose corruption within standard oil
Lincoln Steffens-expose the connection between politicians and big business |
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Provided shelter, food, and medical attention to the poor in the cities
English language and skills classes
Lillian ward-opens the first settlement house
By 1910 there were 100s of settlement houses across u.s.
• Funded by private donations
• And staffed by volunteers |
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Biggest settlement house
• In Chicago
• Opened in 1889 by Jane addams |
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Hull house opened by her in 1889
By 1910 there were 100s of settlement houses across u.s.
• Funded by private donations
• And staffed by volunteers |
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protestant churches started community and social outreach projects
Salvation army
United way
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| Women’s Suffrage movement |
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Fight for women to gain the right to vote
Gain some equality
Achieve its goal by the passage of the 19th amendment
• Ratified in 1920, give women the right to vote
1920 the woman suffrage movement splits in half
• Half of the women think they have achieved goal bc they got the right to vote
• Other half wants to keep fighting for an equal rights amendment |
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• Fighting for right to vote
• Fighting for female reproductive rights
• Public health nurse who wanted to educate women about birth control
• 1916 opened very first birth control clinic |
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| 1920, gave women the right to vote |
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| opened the Tuskegee Institute. Wanted to advocate African American equality through patience and self betterment. |
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| institution of higher education for African Americans and also as a skills training type of school |
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advocates African American equality by introducing the talented 10.
• Top 10th of the African American population should be given the opportunities for advancing the entire African American population.
• 1909-Du Bois is a co-founder of the NAACP |
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| Women’s Christian Temperance Union |
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• fighting for abstinence from alcohol
• Improved health conditions
• Workplace, housing, and rape law reform |
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| went into effect in 1920, prohibit the production, sale, and consumption of alcohol. |
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large apt buildings where the poor lived
• Tenement housing reform
o require fire escapes for the buildings
o when new buildings are built, more space btw buildings, and more windows |
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serve as a model for other states. Proposed by governor La Follette, purpose was to improve the lives of Wisconsin citizens.
• 5 parts
o Direct Primaries-we the people choose our candidates
o Railroad Regulation
o State Income Tax
o Civil Service-postal workers, teachers
o State owned utilities |
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| declare that there will be no railroad rebates unless they are across the board. Marks the first time that the federal government regulated big business and interstate commerce. |
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| set and regulate railroad rates |
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| wrote the book: The Jungle, published in 1906. Exposed the harsh realities of the meat packing industry and America’s social inequalities. Call people to join the socialist party. |
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| Federal inspection of meat packing houses and packages |
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| required that any food or medicine sold in a package had to have a label listing its ingredients |
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| preservation and betterment for the country. Provide federal money for western dams, reservoirs, and irrigation projects. |
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| lower protective tariffs and introduced real competition into American markets |
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| authorizes a graduated federal income tax (wealthier will pay more) |
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| mandated the direct election of senators |
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| establish the federal reserve, which is in charge of supervising banking and the national currency |
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| to help businesses determine if their actions were acceptable to the federal government |
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