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Terms in this set (29)Among the poor, overcrowding, crime, poor sanitation and the disease that accompanied it, pollution, endemic alcoholism, domestic violence, illiteracy, child abuse and neglect, illegal abortions, and an utter lack of health care or criminal justice. Gangs and police corruption were rife. The conditions of the slum tenements made today's run-down housing projects for the poor look like Paradise. Hundreds of people relied on a single hand pump for their water supplies. There was no electricity, gas, or heating Cities around 1900 enabled new sorts of associations to be formed, because they concentrated factory owners, writers, artists, workers, women, non-conformists, gay men, black people, immigrants and so on, because they bring them into contact with each other and hold them in contact. New types of 'public' emerged in cities, and that formed all sorts of new types of associations pushing agendas that had to be mediated between. 'Reform' was an attempt to reconcile these different agendas. In the countryside, such complex agendas cannot emerge (not enough people with similar agendas meet each other), and are hard to promote if they do emerge. Sets with similar termsSets found in the same folderOther sets by this creatorVerified questionsOther Quizlet setsRelated questionsWhat change in American society at the beginning of the twentieth century sparked the progressive movement?What change in American society at the beginning of the twentieth century sparked the Progressive movement? Problems caused by industrialization and urbanization—as well as westward expansion and immigration—sparked the Progressive Movement at the beginning of the twentieth century.
How did some progressives of the early twentieth century?How did some Progressives of the early twentieth century justify segregation and exclusion of African-Americans from the democratic process? In the presidential election of 1916, Woodrow Wilson: used the campaign slogan "He kept us out of war." In which part of the country were the first states to grant women suffrage?
What changes did progressivism bring to America?Progressives were interested in establishing a more transparent and accountable government which would work to improve U.S. society. These reformers favored such policies as civil service reform, food safety laws, and increased political rights for women and U.S. workers.
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Why did so many reform initiatives of the early twentieth century emerge in large cities What were some of those initiatives and what was their political impact?
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