HISTORY 7B Study Guide - Eugenics, State Ownership, Social Darwinism
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Quiz tuesday: movements, what took place, different progressive acts to regulate industry, why they were pushed forth, monetary policy. Muckrakers- journalists and writers in the progressive era that undermined the reputation of the industrial elite and stimulated pressures for tougher regulation of business and the elimination of political corruption. They both awakened middle class readers to conditions in industrial america and motivated political reform. Du bois- a challenger to booker t. washington, du bois rejected washington"s call for patience and accommodation, demanded full racial equality, and called on blacks to resist all forms of racism. His militancy signaled a new era of african- American activism that eventually led to the formation of the. National association for the advancement of colored people- an organization that called for sustained activism and legal challenges to achieve political equality for blacks and full integration into american life. The naacp would become integral in the civil rights movement and beyond.
