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American History
Regenerating the dominant culture II: Progression
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Undergraduate 1
09/25/2008

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Credit Mobilier Trust
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company bought off senators in order for them not to investigate the company; was doing this openly
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"Bossism"
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big political machines that provided services to the immigrants in order to get them to vote their way; gave away money and jobs; in urban areas; huge webs of corruptions
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Tammy Hall
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Laus Teed was the leader; in New York city; ran politics for about 20 to 30 years
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George washington Plunkitt
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wrote about what was going on at Tammany Hall; told everything that went on; was frank; makes no excuses or apologizes
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Muckrakers
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Journalists that wrote about what was going on; were important in spreading the fear and concern to the middle, white class of America
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Ida Tarbell
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one of the most famous muckrakers; wrote an exposey about Rockefeller; laid out what had been to corrupt economic and political practices; underhand maneuvers; he bought off politicians so that his agenda was followed; she illustrated the unsettled feelings
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Lincoln Steffens
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Muckraker; focused on the political bosses; shamed the cities; went from city to city and wrote about the political bosses
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Initiative and Referendum
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Robert LaFollette
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was a progressive from the mid-west; elected as governor and US senate; ran unsuccessfully for president
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"Square Deal"
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basically the embodiment of the progressive movement; as business gets bigger the government must to; did not think that we should break up business
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National Civic Federation
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"New Nationalism"
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classical expression of corporate liberalism; platform of TR; government will work with the big companies in the best interest of the people; leaves out immigrants, women (not political process), and any person not be part of the political process
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