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What was muckraking?
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Practice of exposing the corruptions of public and prominent figures
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What were progressives worried about?
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State of society, effects of industrialization and urbanization, social disorder, political corruption
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How did Henry Ford become successful?
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Lowering costs to the consumer. moving assembly line.
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What happened at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company?
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Fire. killed 146. people demanded creation of State Factory Investigating Commission that recommended laws to shorten workweek and improve safety in factories and stores
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What did the Niagara Movement want to achieve?
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Focused on equal rights and educations of African American youth
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Why did Samuel Gompers resist organizing women?
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Too emotional and as union organizers "had a way of making serious mistakes"
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What were the benefits of Ford announcing the "five dollar day?"
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He doubled the wage rates for common labor, reduced 9 hr to 8hr days,
Ford had the pick of the labor force. turnover declined, absenteeism fell. output increased. |
