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During the years of 1929 to 1941, otherwise known as the Great Depression, the FDR administration's response was mostly effective in addressing the nation's problems and changing the role of federal government in favor of the people.
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Analyze the responses of FDR's administration to the problems of the Great Depression. How effective were these responses? How did they change the role of rederal government? Thesis.
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a. cause: A, J, Hoovervilles, Hoover's RFC plan failed b. effect: RRRs, C, H, I, CCC, AAA, REFA, counter B, D c. effect big gov: E, G, FDIC, Wagner Act, (UAW), Huey P. Long, counter F
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Analyze the responses of FDR's administration to the problems of the Great Depression. How effective were these responses? How did they change the role of rederal government? Outline.
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Reform movements during the Progressive Era were mostly successful. Actions were taken to improve working conditions for laborers, achieve gender and racial equality, and regulate the government and economy.
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Evaluate the effectiveness of Progressive Era reformers and the federal government in bringing about reform at the national level. Be sure to analyze the successes and limitations of these efforts from 1900-1920. Thesis.
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a. working conditions: B, C, F, Keating-Owen Act failed, Jane Addams Hull House, TB, counter G b. gender and racial equality: H, F, I, J, DuBois NAACP c. regulate economy and government: A, D, E, trust busting, 17th, Wilson builds on SAA, The Jungle Upton Sinclair, Pure Food and Drug Act
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Evaluate the effectiveness of Progressive Era reformers and the federal government in bringing about reform at the national level. Be sure to analyze the successes and limitations of these efforts from 1900-1920. Outline.
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During the gilded age, America was a place of opportunity, which attracted many foreigners from south-eastern europe and Asia. These immigrants were first welcomed with open arms, but tensions rose when jobs became scarce for natural-born citizens and nativism gained strength.
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For the years 1880 to 1925, analyze both the tensions surrounding the issue of immigration and the U.S government's response to these tensions. Thesis
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a. immigrants welcomed in the beginning: A, B b. rising tension: C, D, F, G, nativism, BTW Atlanta Compromise, KKK, Leo Frank lynched, Anglo-Saxon superiority, eugenics, literacy tests c. gov's response: E, H, Chinese Exclusion Act, TR's Great White Fleet, Immigration Acts 1921 3%, 1924 quota reduced to 2%
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For the years 1880 to 1925, analyze both the tensions surrounding the issue of immigration and the U.S government's response to these tensions. Outline
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During the gilded age, the rise of big business had mostly negative impacts on the economy, politics, and the responses of Americans.
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In the post-Civil War United States, corporations grew significantly in number, size, and influence. Analyze the impact of big business on the economy and politics and the responses of Americans to these changes. 1870-1900. Thesis
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a. economy: A, H, falling prices sad farmers, coxey's army, free silver, populists, WJB "cross of gold," b. politics: D, F, machine politics c. people: B, C, G, I, J, Vanderbilt, sweatshops, unions AFL, Taylorism, discrimination, counter E social gospel
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In the post-Civil War United States, corporations grew significantly in number, size, and influence. Analyze the impact of big business on the economy and politics and the responses of Americans to these changes. 1870-1900. Outline
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Although agricultural technology was beneficial to farmers, government policy and economic conditions in the late 19th century had mostly negative impacts on American agriculture
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Analyze the ways in which technology, government policy, and economic conditions changed American agriculture in the period 1865-1900. evaluate farmers' responses to these changes. Thesis
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a. technology: A, B, D, F, cattle ranching spawned industrial growth b. gov. policy: C, G, I, J, grangers, granger laws regulated railroad rates, populists, WJB cross of gold, free silver, wizard of OZ, Dawes Severalty Act c. economic conditions: A, E, H, sharecropping crippled farmers in south, Panic of 1893
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Analyze the ways in which technology, government policy, and economic conditions changed American agriculture in the period 1865-1900. evaluate farmers' responses to these changes. Outline
