The progressive era: reform works in America
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Describes the conditions in America around the turn of the century which gave rise to the progressive movement, including the abuses of big business, the appalling work conditions in the factories and mines, child labor practices, the bankruptcies on the farms, and the conditions of the slums in the cities. Examines the progressive candidates in the election of 1912 using early motion picture footage of Woodrow Wilson, William Howard Taft, and Theodore Roosevelt. Explains that the great depression of the 1930s created the political climate in which much of the legislation proposed by the progressives was finally enacted into law.
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, Describes the conditions in America around the turn of the century which gave rise to the progressive movement, including the abuses of big business, the appalling work conditions in the factories and mines, child labor practices, the bankruptcies on the farms, and the conditions of the slums in the cities. Examines the progressive candidates in the election of 1912 using early motion picture footage of Woodrow Wilson, William Howard Taft, and Theodore Roosevelt. Explains that the great depression of the 1930s created the political climate in which much of the legislation proposed by the progressives was finally enacted into law.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.
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