History 4301E Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Jane Addams, Upton Sinclair, Theodore Roosevelt
22 Feb 2016
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Winner in terms of his progressive ideas, more so than his actual. John muir actions: conservation campaign under teddy roosevelt. Conservation of national parks and landscapes: trust-busting government intervention. Jane addams and the labour movement regulation, child labour, etc. Government role state: jane addams settlement houses. Daycare for children preventing child labour, enabling parents to work. Pit stop to settling in the united states; getting familiar with. Raising awarness to the government more needs. The 1920s: shift in movement sexual freedom and promiscuity for women flappers, harlem renaissance, jazz era, time of cultural contradiction. Billy sunday alcohol is the cause of everyone"s problems, and its your own fault if you"re poor because you drink: all blaming the lower classes what about the upper classes, escape from everyday life.
