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  2. Progressive Era - Wikipedia

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    Tindall stresses the continuing importance of the progressive movement in the South in the 1920s involving increased democracy, efficient government, corporate regulation, social justice, and governmental public service. William Link finds political Progressivism dominant in most of the South in the 1920s. Likewise it was influential in the ...

  3. First Red Scare - Wikipedia

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    Repression by the government was also prevalent; two examples include the Palmer Raids and Lusk Committee raids. The period was also marked by anti-Semitic rhetoric. [70] [69] [71] In 1920, the five Socialist members of the New York state assembly were expelled from it by a vote of 140 to 6, partially in response to their support for the strikes.

  4. Progressivism in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In the 1920s, the unions were in the doldrums. In 1924, they supported Robert M. La Follette 's Progressive Party , but he only carried his base in Wisconsin. The American Federation of Labor under Samuel Gompers after 1907 began supporting the Democrats , who promised more favorable judges as the Republicans appointed pro-business judges.

  5. 1920s in sociology - Wikipedia

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    Alexander Carr-Saunders' The Social Structure of England and Wales is published. Sigmund Freud's The Future of An Illusion is published. Robert H. Lowie's Origins of the State is published. Bronislaw Malinowski's Sex and Repression in Savage Society is published. Martin Heidegger's Being and Time is published. Pitirim Sorokin's Social Mobility ...

  6. Roaring Twenties - Wikipedia

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    Tindall stresses the continuing importance of the progressive movement in the South in the 1920s involving increased democracy, efficient government, corporate regulation, social justice, and governmental public service. [146] [147] William Link finds political progressivism dominant in most of the South in the 1920s. [148]

  7. Settlement movement - Wikipedia

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    The settlement movement was a reformist social movement that began in the 1880s and peaked around the 1920s in the United Kingdom and the United States. Its goal was to bring the rich and the poor of society together in both physical proximity and social connection.

  8. History of civil rights in the United States - Wikipedia

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    These movements have highlighted the interconnected nature of various forms of discrimination and the need for broader social justice reforms. In the 21st century, the struggle for civil rights remains ongoing, with movements like Black Lives Matter bringing attention to police brutality and systemic racism. Issues such as residential ...

  9. Radicalism in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The apotheosis of his party was Andrew Jackson, the creator of the Democratic Party, a successor to the Republicans, who coerced the few remaining Northern conservative states to enact full white male voter suffrage and wanted to make democratic reforms to the American system of government, including abolishing the Electoral College, direct ...