HIST 015A Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Social Purity Movement, Settlement Movement, Washington Gladden
10 Apr 2019
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A movement based on the belief that the collective action of groups and or government agencies can be used to address social problems". It was supported by people at all levels of society. It attempted to utilize new sciences and new scientific methods. Promotion of new ideas and a new role for gov"t. Labor conditions for women, children, and immigrants. Hull house - educate the working class. The volstead act of 1920 and prohibition. Muller v oregon and the brandeis brief. Triangle shirtwaist company strike and the uprising of twenty thousand. Carrie chapman catt and anna howard shaw. Alice paul and the national women"s party. Jim crow laws and plessy v ferguson. Booker t washington and the atlanta compromise. Founding of the national association for the advancement of colored people. Direct election of us senators (17th amendment) Made the election of all senators from the states had to be voted in through popular election.
