Mrs. Kambara's Studies

  Readings: AY Chapter 20 Lecture videos: The Progressive Era 1 Novel Problems Associated with mass industrialization: "New Immigration" migratory flow from southern and eastern Europeans Greeks, Italians, Polish, Ukrainians, Jews Nativists did not like the new demographics Social problems with Urbanization Overcrowding, slums, children unsupervised, alcohol abuse Corruption with the merger of the political and corporate elite Decline of agrarianism disenchanted Famers = populist party *Progressive activists try to solve problems brought about by modern life at turn-of-the 20th-century Progressive Beliefs: *No singular Progressive profile Moral impulse:  ex. "Social Gospel Movement" - everyone is interconnected true Christians must go beyond their home and church and help others The cause of social problems is not heredity, but the environment opposite of social Darwinism Belief in science, efficiency, expertise Activity government felt that the government should pl...

  Readings: AY, Chapter 19 II. Patterns of American Interventions   III. 1898 Lecture videos: Overseas Expansion 1 American Overseas Expansionism The United States becomes a colonial power - Change in American Foreign policy Taking over places they are not invited, taking over & bring in institutions, and controlling the economy   Isolationism – an approach to US foreign policy that advocates non-participation in alliances or in the affairs of other nations Reasons for isolationism Focus on industrialization and westward expansion Foreign markets are not yet essential Geographical separation - not a lot of commercialism Monroe Doctrine of 1823 - example of isolationism policy The United States would not get involved in European affairs The US would not interfere with existing European colonies in the Western Hemisphere No other nation could form a new colony in the Western Hemisphere. If a European nation tried to control or interfere with a nation in the Weste...

The Gilded Age: America’s Industrial Revolution Reading Notes:  American Yawp  Chapter 16 I. Introduction "The Great Upheaval" - The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 That year, mired in the stagnant economy that followed the bursting of the railroads’ financial bubble in 1873, rail lines slashed workers’ wages (even, workers complained, as they reaped enormous government subsidies and paid shareholders lucrative stock dividends). Workers struck from Baltimore to St. Louis, shutting down railroad traffic—the nation’s economic lifeblood—across the country. (page 1) II. The March of Capital Growing labor unrest accompanied industrialization (page 3) Long hours, dangerous working conditions, and the difficulty of supporting a family on meager and unpredictable wages compelled armies of labor to organize and battle against the power of capital. (Page 3) Technological innovations and national investments slashed the costs of production and distribution. New administrative framewor...