Emmet Till was a 14 year old that was murdered by a white woman's husband for 'offending her'. His death became a major turning point in the Civil Rights Movement, his mother had an open casket at his funeral so that people could see what racism can come down to.
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Brown v. Board of Education
A major Supreme Court case that ended racial segregation in public schools.
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The introduction of mass production techniques in housing wrought ecological destruction.
Mass production made housing cheaper and faster to build, but it also led to things like deforestation, loss of natural land, and more pollution.
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The government played a big role in shaping where people lived
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The Affluent Society.
a society where people are rich in private stuff, but lacking in public stuff
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Clayton Anti-Trust Act
A U.S. law passed to strengthen earlier antitrust laws and promote fair competition in business
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Like Charles Sheldon’s fictional Rev. Maxwell, Rauschenbusch believed that every Christian, whether they were a businessperson, a politician, or a stay-at-home parent, should ask themselves what they could do to enact the kingdom of God on Earth
In what ways does this quote show that Rauschenbusch believed Christianity should guide social responsibility and action in everyday life, regardless of a person’s role in society?
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muckrakers
journalist who exposed corruption, injustice, and social problems in American society
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The many problems associated with the Gilded Age—the rise of unprecedented fortunes and unprecedented poverty, controversies over imperialism, urban squalor, a near-war between capital and labor, loosening social mores, unsanitary food production, the onrush of foreign immigration, environmental destruction, and the outbreak of political radicalism
While the era is remembered for wealth and industrial growth, it also exposed deep inequalities and serious social problems, like unsafe working conditions, poverty, and corruption.
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Amalgamated Association of Iron
One of the early labor unions in the United States
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bureaucratic management.
A way of running organizations using a strict hierarchy and defined roles so everything runs in an orderly and predictable way.
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Karl Marx had described the new industrial economy as a worldwide class struggle between the wealthy bourgeoisie, who owned the means of production, such as factories and farms, and the proletariat, factory workers and tenant farmers who worked only for the wealth of others.
I agree with Marx that the industrial economy is basically a constant struggle. Farmers and factory workers do all the work that keeps things running, and without them, the wealthy wouldn’t have the products they depend on.
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Farmers had always been dependent on the whims of the weather and local markets. But now they staked their financial security on a national economic system subject to rapid price swings, rampant speculation, and limited regulation.
Farmers were harmed by industrialization and corporate power, leading them to organize and launch the Populist movement in response to economic inequality.
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