Reformers in this era detected the harmful effects of the industrial revolution and sought to resolve controversy regarding women's rights, child labor, monopolies, and other important issues of the time. ... During the "Reform Era" multiple issues caused by the industrial revolution were brought to America's attention but were not necessarily fixed. ... During this era, the African American population was still segregated and President Roosevelt as well as reformers failed to overcome racism and incorporate blacks in the civil rights movement. ... From the 1900s to 1920s A...

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The South was an agrarian society while the North developed an industrial society. ... American cultural identity allowed Americans to see themselves as their own nation. ... Distinct American art, literature, poetry and music developed. Americans began to dress less like Europeans. ... Food also played a part in the Cultural Revolution. ...

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In Chapter 20, we focus on the interaction of the political, economic, and social forces within American society during the Gilded Age. ... Workers' protests multiplied; the Socialist Party of America, under the leadership of Eugene V. Debs, reorganized; Coxey's Army, demanding a federal jobs program, marched on the nation's capital; and fear of social revolution led business owners and government officials to use brute force to control what they perceived to be radical protest. ... The frustrations that had built up in the Gilded Age "an age of transition from rural to u...

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Faith in democracy was restored, as FDR showed the world that government could solve serious problems without revolution, violence, or dictatorship. ... It created a more just society by recognizing groups who had been unrepresented before – staple farmers and industrial workers, for example. ... The American economy was in turmoil. ... With new programs, acts, and organizations, America was changed-for better or for worse. Although most of FDR's New Deal programs temporarily helped the American people, it was not until World War II rolled around when America began to rise out of i...

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