Progressivism began as a social movement and grew into a political movement. ... Progressives' especially middle class female activists helped spearhead the movement for laws that restricted child labor in 38 states by the late nineteenth century. ... As the Progressive Movement strengthened it enticed many people, feminists used the platform to gain support for woman suffrage. ... After the turn of the century, leaders of a new association, the Congressional Union, took the campaign to the national level. ... Ida Tarbell also brought about change, she wrote History of Standard Oil Comp...

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The Progressive Movement The progressive movement was an early twentieth century reform movement seeking to return control of the government to the people, to restore economic opportunities, and to correct injustices in American life. ... First, the progressive movement worked to protect social welfare. ... Third, the progressive movement worked to create economic reform. ... A labor leader Eugene Debs began the American Socialist Party in 1900. ... Fourth, the progressive movement worked to foster efficiency. ...

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Woodrow Wilson was one of the prominent progressive leaders. ... Progressive movement wasn't so much a radical one but it more moderate in trying to fulfill democracy. The progressive movement was without a doubt a radical movement but they didn't completely forget about America's foundation. ... The progressive movement certainly had its flaws. ... Overall, the progressive movement had the success of creating the ideas for the implementation of programs that we use today....

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Though at the time when this book took place the Women's Liberation movement was in full swing though this movement did not have an important effect on Lakota culture because it just did not apply as Mary Crow Dog explained, "women's lib was mainly a white, upper middle-class affair of little use to a reservation woman." ... The first native feminist movement called Women of All Red Nations formed by a number of women from AIM was welcomed by the more traditional Lakota's, though when the women wanted to perform a Sundance that excluded men some of the religious leaders did not...

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At this time, a movement began to gain support and spread throughout the nation: the Progressive Movement. ... Ideas of reform were hardly new when the Progressive Movement uplifted. ... Corruption in the cities caused political leaders to stay in power, never making changes that would create better living conditions and fair economic opportunities. ... The emergence of ideas of reform in these governmental leaders was pivotal to the success of Progressivism. ... The ideal of individualistic society, at least in the minds of many intellectuals and political leaders, was replaced by the ...

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First off, who are the leaders and what are their backgrounds? ... The Wise Use movement has many followers who, because of their high status, could also be considered other leaders. ... This fact is why I consider them to just be puppets, not the true leaders of Wise Use. ... So who are the leaders and followers of the Wise Use movement? ... Here leaders realize that making followers feel as if they are all in this together or that they have a lot in common can keep loyalty to the movement very high. ...

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The thought of reparations has existed since the end of slavery in the United States; however the movement has not progressed until recently. The African Reparations Movement is the leader for this argument, they believe that the country of Africa should receive reparations for slavery. ... (Parker 3) "The Civil Rights movement defeated many of the "external enemies of black progress" but it is now time for a movement to defeat their internal enemies" (Parker 3). ... Because people do not understand reparations, the reparations movement will not progress. Much like myself before I did my ...

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The temperance movement of this time was the result of disgusted citizens and abused wives. ... Anthony led women's rights movement. ... Prison reform was not a movement led only by males. One of this movement's most famous leaders was Dorthea Dix, who after viewing prisons that had jailed mentally disabled alongside murders and other scum of society had written letters demanding the improvement of the prison system. ... Perhaps the most involved and important reform movement was abolitionism. ...

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A Back-to-God movement then started with new religious movements surfacing. ... But when a person encounters a new religious movement, such a simplistic definition may not be enough to help him evaluate it. ... Leaders of new religions know that to command respect, they must command a substantial following. Society dismisses cult leaders without a large following as "religious nuts- (Stoner and Parke 24). ... Cult leaders, who almost always live in kingly splendor, need a large membership for monetary support. ...

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They are detached from the decisions that their leaders make. ... The people in this future world are given a sense of movement so that they feel purposeful, though in reality their censurers have given that movement no meaning and purpose. ... But because there is so much movement, it is impossible to concentrate. ... Movement is a key way in which the government is censoring the world. Movement blocks nature out, as well. ...

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Even with great leaders, such as President Abraham Lincoln and Dr. ... Thus, while the Abolishment of Slavery of the late 1800's and the Civil Rights Movement of the fifties and sixties may have diminished the impact that racism could play out in the open, these efforts have ultimately failed, to a great extent, in actually driving racism and discrimination to extinction because today, this toxic behavior is as prominent as it ever was. ... Citizens of America had noticed the failures of the past, took it into their own hands, and began the Civil Rights Movement, which lasted throughout ...

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Blyden was one of the leaders of the Black Nationalist movement in the late nineteenth century, and was an advocate of free Black emigration back to Africa. ... The Indian Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam was one such group that modified orthodox Islam. ... Mohammed Alexander Russell Webb, the first known European-American convert to Islam, acted as a spokesman for the movement in America. ... Turner makes a point of bringing up Garvey because black leaders of new American Islam were heavily influenced by Garvey's Pan-Africicanist ideas. ... The Moorish Science Temple was the first religious...

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Due to this confusion and lack of continuous education, leaders began to develop educational reforms. Horace Mann of Massachusetts was the most prominent leader calling for educational reforms. ... He began the movement in public education that would become known as the "Common School Movement", which pushed for a tax-funded, secular public school system. ... Orthodox Church leaders attacked Mann, going as far as calling his policy, "a grand instrument in the hands of free thinkers, atheists and infidels.... " This sparked a movement to change their prisons and build new,...

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(Out of Many, 633) I agree with both leaders ideology, I feel the only way to obtain more rights is to improve yourself in order to be seen as an equal, then fight for more rights. ... The beginning of the movement in 1848 was marked by the Seneca Falls Convention, where its most prominent leaders Elizabeth Stanton and Susan B. Anthony drafted a defining document of the women's movement, which was written in language parallel to the Declaration of Independence. ... Finally, amendment nineteen ended the suffrage movement, fifty years after black men were allowed to vote, women achieved t...

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Economic reforms of the progressive movement included more government regulation of businesses. ... In one of his articles Lincoln Steffens, a journalist, explains that the corruption of government found in Tammany Hall: "Tammany leaders are usually the natural leaders of the people in these districts, and they are originally good-natured, kindly men. ... Social reforms of the Progressive movement also tackled the problems of poor living and working conditions and city slums. ... The Progressive movement set a pattern for future campaigns of economic, political and social reform in Americ...

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In the late sixties there was a huge movement among the young generation known as the hippie movement. ... Many black leaders spoke out against the war saying, "They weren't going to fight in a white man's war". ... They weren't the only civil rights movement group to stand up against the war. ... Black leaders such as Martin Luther King challenged the American spending, saying that they were neglecting the more pressing social issues, such as racism, social security and many other internal affairs that were bothering America at the time. ... The sickened public were appalled at...

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For example, George Washington owned tons of acres of land, Robert Morris was the foremost business and financial leader, and all of the men possessed a cosmopolitanism, which separated them from the masses. ... Republicanism, an underlying concept throughout the Constitution, the division of power between state and national governments, and the complex system of checks and balances and divided power were all designed as protections against mass movement that might threaten liberty and property. ...

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Her choice sparked the African American movement during the sixties, igniting others into the bus boycott in Selma Alabama. ... The Brown decision sparked a host of other actions in the Southern civil rights movement. ... The growing power of the civil rights movement was demonstrated on August 23, 1962 when more than 200,000 peaceful demonstrators marched on Washington, D.C. ... More remarkable, General Powell was appointed as the United States Military Leader and Secretary of State under Bush. ... One of the most hopeful signs of racial progress during the decade was civil rights leader, ...

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With its largest effect was during the Civil rights movement. ... America was destined for another, more far-reaching civil rights movement. ... With the passing of breakthrough legislation, several leaders emerged to lead this new civil rights movement. ... However, this civil rights movement did not accomplish its goals to the fullest due to the lack of government enforcement. ... The civil rights movement of the late 1800's and early 1900's wa...

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In the 1920's, the movement of people was toward cities. b. ... Under the progressive leadership of Roosevelt and Wilson, the federal government had passed laws to break monopolies, protect workers, and restrict the absolute freedom of business leaders. d. ... Coolidge admired productive business leaders. b. ... The most prominent new African American leader to emerge in the 1920's was Marcus Garvey. b. ... Although Garvey's movement died, his ideas did not fade. ...

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This aroused suspicion and concern among religious leaders of the time. ... The minds encased in traditional principles within Protestant churches religious leaders finally had to give in and accept this new genre (Collins 2000: 23-25). ... Gospel Music merged in time with the Christian evangelical movement, leading to what is now known as the Christian Music, which is represented by hundreds of artists in the world. ...

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One of the leaders of the Second Great Awakening, Charles G. ... Finney and other leaders of the Second Great Awakening convinced thousands in the North to repent their sins and join churches. ... In the 1830s, the anti-slavery movement gained momentum. ...

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These quick changes can easily cause confusion among our leaders, and this results in poor decisions based on lack of current knowledge and direct involvement. ... The line of civil disobedience is drawn by our nation's leaders and it's their line and they mark it. ... In this movement and idea, the young are lost in its deep cracks of political separation.  ...

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Elements of the American eugenics movement were models for the Nazis, whose adaptation of eugenics culminated in the Holocaust. The eugenics movement coincided with one of the busiest times in U.S. immigration. ... The theories once touted in the early days of the Eugenics movement are clearly laid to rest just by this one discovery. ... Scientists, religious leaders, politicians, psychologists and sociologists alike discovered this early on. ...

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Democrats where unable to over throw Republican control, but the progressive movement did change party organizations at all levels. Changes occurred in the reduction of the spoils system, established the secret ballot, and striped party leaders of their power to nominate party candidates. ...

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