Term Papers on American History

Term Paper Title	American History
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American History

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Section 1

1. Looking Backward- Novel that made socialism seem like an attractive alternative to the current industrial society.
Wobblies- Labor union made by Debs and De Leon.
Ida Tarbell - Famous women muckraker.
John Dewey- Argued that the value of government actions should be measured by the good they do.
Oliver Wendell Holmes- Wrote that the law should not be an absolute set of principles but a tool to meet the needs of society.
Muckrakers- Journalists who dug up the mud on a topic.
2. Social gospel- Theory that the church should work to improve society.
Pragmatism- Approach to problem solvings that questioned the truth of science.
3. A. Corruption in city government.
B. Corrupt business
C. Child labor
D. Racial discrimination
E. Railroads domination of wheat farmers

Section 2

1.   Gallveston- Costal town that was hit by a massive big juicy hurricane.
      17th ammendment- Gave women right to vote.
      Charles Evans Hughes- Lawyer who uncovered the bribery and huge salaries
       Payed to family members in the insurance industry.
      Upton Sinclair- wrote a book called The Jungle that uncovered the unsanitary
      conditions  of the meat processing industry.
      Muller Vs Oregon- Case that argued that working long hours damaged a womens
     Health.
     John Spargo- Wrote a book that depicted the horrible working conditions in
     child  labor.
     WCTU- Union formed by christian women to enforce temperance.
2. direct primary- Preliminary election where voters vote for who will run for
office.
Initiative- Allowed a group of citizens to introduce legislation.
Referendum- Allowed approved legislation to be submittedto the voters for approval.
Recall- Allowed voters to remove an official from office.
3. The food and drug administration, the WCTU  and  the muckrakers all helped the country become a better place by creating new and trying to enforce old laws to make the USA a less corrrupt and more sanitary place to live and work.

Section 3

1.   Plessy Vs Ferguson- Case in which the supreme court ruled that segregation was
      constitutional as long as separate facilities were equal.
      Booker T Washington- Founded the Tuskagee institute to teach blacks a vriety
      Of traits.
      W.E.B. Duboise- Editor of the NAACP’s magazine called “the crisis”.
2. literacy test- Test taken by immigrants to prove that they could...

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