Gilded Age and
Progressive Period comparison, and possible essay sub-topics, chart.
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The Gilded Age |
The Progressives |
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Social Darwinists |
The Social Gospel |
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rugged individualists |
social responsibility |
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immigrant ghettos |
urban reform |
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indulgences |
temperance/prohibition |
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settlement houses |
public schools |
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laissez-faire
capitalism |
government
intervention |
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tariff |
tariff
reform/reduction |
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natural law of
competition |
government regulation |
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combinations |
trust-busting |
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exploitation of environment |
conservation |
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child labor |
government
restrictions |
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strike breaking |
collective bargaining |
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(un) skilled labor |
technicians |
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self-made men |
professionals |
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Yankee ingenuity |
experts |
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party machine |
democratic reforms |
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ward captains/bosses |
civil servants |
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patronage |
merit system |
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expansionists |
isolationists |
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Jingoists/imperialists |
anti-imperialists |
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yellow journalists |
muckrakers |
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congressional rule |
strong presidents |
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The Progressives