Document Based Question – Progressive Movement Historical Context: The late 1800’s and early 1900’s were times of great reform in America. Tired of the poor working conditions‚ overcrowding of cities‚ political corruption and abuses by industrialists‚ people known as Progressives took it upon themselves to create change. By using various forms of the media‚ combined with organized protests‚ petitions‚ and the power of the vote‚ the Progressives exposed these issues‚ and informed thousands of Americans
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beginning of world war one‚ led to a shift in the American position regarding their entrance into the war. Some of these revolutionary individuals include Secretary of State Lansing‚ German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmerman‚ and President Woodrow Wilson. In a letter to the United States Ambassador to Germany Gerard‚ the Secretary of State Lansing addressed the torpedoing and sinking of the British steamship Lusitania. The secretary stated‚ “...over 100 American citizens lost their lives‚ it is clearly
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in 1909 to promote full racial equality 7. Gifford Pinchot- Head of US forest service under president Roosevelt believed that wilderness areas could be scientifically managed for public enjoyment while allowing private development. 8. Woodrow Wilson- 28th president of the united states‚ from 1913-1921. Continued Roosevelt’s and Taft’s antitrust effort. Enacted his program called “New Freedom” that attacked trusts Tariffs and high finance. 9. Clayton Antitrust Act- 1914 declaring certain business
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Answer 1: According to the facts presented in the case‚ the Plant Superintendent Larry Braxton‚ was managing daytoday operations of the Edison plant‚ which was one of the first five plants built by Mount Ridge Engineering Systems. This plant is located in Eastern Nova Scotia and has 45 employees working for it. All of the employees worked under Larry Braxton‚ who he had authority over and he had to only report to the manager of the plant and operations. On the other hand‚ The Vice President of Human
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“Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace.” With reference to the Paris Peace Conference of 1919‚ discuss the extent to which this is true. At the ending of World War I in November 1918‚ the Allied Powers were found victorious‚ while the Central Powers were defeated. The Allied Powers were Britain‚ France‚ U.S.‚ Italy and Japan‚ while the Central Powers were Germany‚ Austria-Hungary and Turkey. Decisions were taken to officially make peace through a conference by the Allied Powers
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many years ago‚ historians wonder; how did late 19th century and early 20th century conflicts shape today’s American identity? In this time period‚ three primary individuals explain how the “American identity” was created. Theodore Roosevelt‚ Woodrow Wilson‚ and William Taft each contributed to these advancements in the United
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Political issues: • Women played a major role in WW2 and were permanent in the industries now. • Political conflict between the war time coalition governments Churchill PM Conservative‚ Attlee DPM Labour: 1) The war-time coalition between the Conservatives (led by PM Winston Churchill) and Labour (led by Deputy PM Clement Attlee) broke up in 1945 over the question of the nature of the British society in the future. 2) The Conservatives would have been happy for a return to the inter-war practice
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wrestled with him” (Wilson 10). This is clearly a line of symbolism‚ Troy did not literally mean he wrestled with Death‚ but maybe he was using Death to represent things or near-death experiences from his past. Troy grew up without a mother and with an abusive and emotionless father. An example of a near death experience here is the altercation between Troy and his father when he was fourteen‚ his father could have killed him but instead he gave him a whipping and left him (Wilson 50-53). On the other
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Why the treaty was called diktat? Diktat is to dictate a decree or order. After the war or trying to end it Germany was told to not only take all the blame for the war but pay reperations to other countries as well. This is why they called it Diktat as they were being told to do this or hostilities would resume. Of the many provisions in the treaty‚ one of the most important and controversial required Germany to accept sole responsibility for causing the war and‚ under the terms of articles 231-248
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abuse‚ the great railroad strike of 1877‚ and the Homestead Strike. The main progressive leaders‚ such as‚ Theodore Roosevelt‚ William Jennings Bryan‚ and Woodrow Wilson stepped in to make a difference. Theodore Roosevelt claimed he backed up the middle class and showed no mercy toward monopolies. Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson accomplished many things such as: the 16th amendment which modified the structure of taxation‚ demolishing the Sherman Anti-Trust Act to dissolve trust so the railroads
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