TEAM 2: Unit II Progressive Era Project Activity by Tynashia Whitaker https://padlet.com/twhit9140/9p33c255oq11 Tynashia, April, Clark, and Jyron en-us 2018-02-16 15:38:22 UTC 2023-02-14 17:08:00 UTC hello@padlet.com Lincoln Steffans https://padlet.com/twhit9140/9p33c255oq11/wish/232436215 Lincoln Steffans views were to improve society by exposing the problems that they were facing in society with writing and journalism. Steffans writings were directed to political machines corruption in his book, The Shame of the Cities. His work led to better housing, plumbing, and garbage collection, etc. He knew that if he kept writing and people stayed interested, that in the future this will can for the better.
-Tynashia Whitaker]]> 2018-02-16 17:40:20 UTC https://padlet.com/twhit9140/9p33c255oq11/wish/232436215 William Edward Burghardt “W. E. B.” Du Bois https://padlet.com/twhit9140/9p33c255oq11/wish/233341980 William Edward Burghardt “W. E. B.” Du Bois was a leading African-American sociologist, writer and activist. He went to  Harvard University. Du Bois studied with some of the most important social thinkers of his time. He earned fame for the publication and was a founding officer of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and editor of its magazine. Du Bois published nineteen books, edited four magazines, co-edited a magazine for children, and produced scores of articles and speeches. His best work was Souls of Black Folk in 1903 and the first black to earn a PhD His reason of starting organizations was to show how the colored demands should be.
-Jyron
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/w-e-b-du-bois

]]> 2018-02-20 16:04:13 UTC https://padlet.com/twhit9140/9p33c255oq11/wish/233341980 Lincoln Steffens amedi9762 https://padlet.com/twhit9140/9p33c255oq11/wish/233786438 Lincoln Steffens was a New York reporter. In his book, The Shame of the Cities, he attacked political machine corruption. Steffens wanted to go beyond the simple idea “that political evils were due to bad men of some sort and curable by the substitution of good men.”
 - April Medina

]]> 2018-02-21 15:22:41 UTC https://padlet.com/twhit9140/9p33c255oq11/wish/233786438 William Taft https://padlet.com/twhit9140/9p33c255oq11/wish/234057464 This video showed the differences between Taft and Roosevelt.  Taft took a conservative approach to reform which disappointed progressive members of the Republican party and the public at large.  Taft faced challenges because Roosevelt was a very personable person and popular with voters.  Even though Taft was an attorney he was very timid and shy as a politician.  Americans during this time wanted a more radical change.  Taft was more sympathetic to the conservatives than the progressives.  He experienced turmoil within his own party while president.  The public felt he was failing to support Roosevelt’s reforms.   Taft initiated several things, like tariffs, that raised prices on imported goods.  The video showed how the bickering between Taft and Roosevelt created problems.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rkty_zjUK9g


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