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Unit #8
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History
11th Grade
02/02/2010

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What kind of a movement were the Progressives?

Definition

Mostly a middle class and urban movement.

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What was the aim of the Progressives?
Definition
To recapture an earlier age when individuals made important decisions in American life
Term
What did the progressives want to conserve?
Definition
traditionial American values
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What kind of philosophy did the Progressives like?
Definition
pragmatism by William James
Term
Describe McClure's Magazine.
Definition
it was the perfected "muckraking article" that was a combination of sensationalism and careful research.
Term
Name some Muckrakers.
Definition
  • Ida Tarbell ---> wrote about abuses of the Standard Oil Company
  • Lincoln Steffens ---> exposed corruption of political machines
  • Jacob Riis ---> revealed life in tenements
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Name some Muckracking novelists.
Definition
  • Upton SinClair --->wrote The Jungle
  • Frank Norris --->wrote The Octopus
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What was the significance of the muckrackers?
Definition
Although they did NOT offer solutions for the problems, they exposed those problems and made the public aware of them.
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