Progressive Era DBQ - HAPPY Source by James Seifert

Doc 5

2025-02-24 17:11:32 UTC

The intended audience of the NAACP’s letter was to the president of the U.S and the government too. The goal was to send this letter out to the government to try end segregation that they had felt was very discriminative towards to them. They weren’t being treated as fairly as whites so they wanted to send this message to the government that they are very unhappy about the way the government is treating the colored people.

Doc 1

2025-02-24 17:13:02 UTC

The purpose of document one by Jacob Riis is to show the effects that working conditions and low wages have on people, including the corrupt trusts. These trusts are holding onto as much money as they can instead of being fair and paying their workers good wages. As a result, many people are becoming pair and having no money to take care of their families.

Doc 1

2025-02-24 17:40:17 UTC

It is imperative to know the historical context of the image, which is the tenement housing, and how muckrakers like Riis decided to expose the injustices that came along with the time period. This example of a muckraker is proof that people wanted to make change. In addition, the intense reaction of surprise from the rest of the world when they saw those pictures is evidence that these change making people were a new phenomenon.

Doc 2

2025-02-24 17:40:49 UTC

It is important to understand the purpose of the document, which is to convince the public that they still need to make change when it comes to racism, and to expose the hypocrisy that the government emits. The fact that there is still racism, in this case, segregation is proof that racism is a continuity during this time.

Doc 3

2025-02-24 17:41:27 UTC

It is necessary to understand the context of this document, which was the creation of new monopolies and large corporations, and the fact that new laws needed to be passed in order to deal with this new issue is proof that monopolies were a change during that time period.

Doc 4

2025-02-24 17:41:51 UTC

It’s important to recognize the historical context which is that this fashion of exposing cooperations and unjust business practices like this was a new thing, a change in the culture of the US during this time period.

Doc 5

2025-02-24 17:42:59 UTC

It is important to consider the audience of this letter, which was president Wilson. The fact that this letter was written to the federal government as a pressing issue is proof that racism was a continuity, alive and well in the US.

Doc 6

2025-02-24 17:43:21 UTC

It is needed to contemplate the purpose of this document, which was to stop monopolies in their tracks. The necessity for a new law to be made because of this problem, is proof that it was a newer development, a change.

Doc 1 - Liliana Dolinsky

2025-02-24 18:38:13 UTC

It is important to consider the historical context of this image, the corrupt housing industry, and its unsanitary conditions. Muckraker Jacob Riis was credited for exposing the gap in socioeconomic classes. His work, "How the Other Half Lives," led to political change like the Tenement house act of 1901, fixing the conditions to some degree.

Doc 4 -

2025-02-24 18:40:36 UTC

It is important to consider Ida Tarbell's point of view. She was a muckraker against the controlling monopolies and was known for exposing Rockefeller's oil monopoly corruption. Her writing influenced the government to pass the Sherman Antitrust Act, which banned monopolies and put power back into the government.

Doc 1

2025-02-24 19:02:46 UTC

The POV of this document was from Jacob Riis, the photographer who took this photo, was a muckraker during the Progressive Era. He was in hopes to bring attention to the conditions of immigrants, specifically living conditions, during this period of time. His photography led to government intervention and the later passing of the 1901 Tenement House Law, working to improve immigrant living conditions. This is important because it allows viewers to understand his motive behind presenting this photo.

Doc 5

2025-02-24 19:04:55 UTC

The historical context behind this image is The Plessy v. Ferguson Case coined the term “separate but equal” which led to separated facilities between “whites” and “colored” people. This is a major reason for this document, as it influenced the segregated ideas. this is important to understand as it sets the seen for why whites and blacks were segregated.

Doc 2

2025-02-24 19:05:17 UTC

The source of this document is Jane Addams, the founder of the settlement house movement. The point of view of this document is that the ideals of democracy should be applied not just to politics, but to society as a whole. This is important to consider because these ideas guided many people in the progressive movement, who sought to aid immigrants to incorporate into society.

Doc 3

2025-02-24 19:05:53 UTC

The source of this document is Teddy Roosevelt. The point of view of this document is that Trusts need to be regulated by the U.S. government. This is important to consider, as the progressive era marked a turn away from the laissez-faire capitalism of the gilded age.

Doc 1

2025-02-24 19:09:08 UTC

The purpose of this document is to highlight the conditions of the lower class. It reveals how very poor children would sleep outside during their long and brutal working hours.

Doc 1

2025-02-24 19:09:32 UTC

The POV of this document is the working/middle class, as Jacob Riis photographed hardworking families during this time period.

Doc 3

2025-02-24 19:10:20 UTC

The intended audience of the document is the people of the United States and specifically big business owners to warm them that there will be more government supervision. This was in response to business malpractice.

Isabella Policastro

2025-02-24 19:12:49 UTC

The point of view of the document were members of the NAACP, which stands for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The members of this organization are Black Americans who were fighting for equal representation in their jobs, which justifies why segregation laws are especially troubling to the NAACP.

Isabella Policastro

2025-02-24 19:13:06 UTC

The POV of this document is the working/middle class, as Jacob Riis photographed hardworking families during this time period.

Document 1 - Zoë Reiss

2025-02-24 23:06:03 UTC

The source of this document is Jacob Riis who was a photojournalist in the last 1800s. His purpose for taking the photo was to capture, for the upper class, the conditions that most citizens of New York City were forced to live under. He wanted to advocate for the children who were being treated unfairly and bring attention to this mistreatment.

Document 3 - Zoë Reiss

2025-02-24 23:06:38 UTC

The source of this document is Theodore Roosevelt who was speaking in Providence, RI, while he was president. The audience were the people of Providence RI, who had gathered to hear the president speak. These people had great respect for the speaker as he was in one of the most powerful positions in America so his words had heavy influence over the crowd.

Doc 2

2025-02-24 23:25:26 UTC

The source is Jane Addams, an important progressive figure. She says that people are only caring about and addressing surface level political issues, and not deeper and more important social issues. During this time period there were many social issues like racism against African Americans and people looking down on immigrants. The purpose of this document was to convince people and the government to focus on resolving social issues instead of just political ones.

Doc 5

2025-02-24 23:36:11 UTC

The context behind this letter is that during this time period, segregation was a popular topic in America. Most businesses and public places were segregated, and a lot of people, including the NAACP, believed that this was wrong and protested against it. The audience of the letter was the president of the United States, with a purpose of convincing the government to end segregation, and prove that segregation wasn't actually fair. The author's point of view is anti-segregation.

Doc 1

2025-02-24 23:40:36 UTC

The context behind this picture was that during the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, there was a huge class of very poor people. Most of them lived in Tenement Buildings and lived in bad conditions. The point of view of Jacob Riis is that these people deserve better living conditions. The purpose of these photos is to show how the poor live, and expose the truth that had been hidden from people. These photos were published to convince people and the government to help the poor and fix their poor living conditions.

Doc 6

2025-02-24 23:45:13 UTC

The context behind this document is the rise of monopolies, and how much they hurt and took over the economy. The point of view of the document is anti trust and monopoly. The purpose is to stop monopolies from spreading and put limits on trusts. This helped the economy to go back to normal and foster healthy competition again.

Doc 4

2025-02-25 00:36:34 UTC

The source of the document is from the point of view of Ida Tarbell who was a muckraker. This is important because she may have a biased opinion different from someone who works for the Stand Oil Company. Ida spent years of her life trying to expose monopolies and the negative harm they have on the majority of society.

Doc 7

2025-02-25 00:38:07 UTC

The Context of this document is a rise in the liquor industry. Although everyone was aware liquor had negative effects it's addictive and makes money. Big corporations would push for an increase of liquor sales but this led to women and mothers getting abused leading to the abolitionist movement against alcohol.

Doc 3

2025-02-25 01:10:10 UTC

The intended audience for this document is the US citizens and working class who look up to monopolies and are oblivious to the exploitation in the oil industry. This was used to inform people about the corrupt business practices and mistreatment of workers under little government regulation.

Doc 3 Jakub Rembisz

jakubrembisz — 2025-02-25 01:15:13 UTC

Context: Monopolies took advantage of workers by expanding their wealth past anyone’s imagination and paid workers close to nothing so they could keep expanding their power. Progressives like Roosevelt worked to close the large gap and limit the power of monopolies.

Doc 2 Jakub Rembisz

jakubrembisz — 2025-02-25 01:15:28 UTC

POV: Jane Addams believes that since early settlers have had economic opportunities, that immigrants should receive the same.

Doc 6

2025-02-25 01:15:32 UTC

The purpose of this article is to prevent monopolies from practicing trusts, which led to unfair practices in businesses and elimination of competition. Smaller businesses could not compete with trusts, along with monopolies owning every aspect of their manufacturing. This was to enforce government regulation and show how much they conflicted the economy.

Doc 5

2025-02-25 02:24:48 UTC

The historical context described in the excerpt is important to consider because it shows how despite progressive reform movements were changing many aspects of society, there were still continuities. The excerpt mentions segregation, a system made by Jim Crow laws which separated black people from white people. Despite attempts to reform this system, none were able to succeed during this era. This marks a continuity of racial segregation in the Progressive Era as reformers failed to make change towards stopping segregation.

Doc 3

2025-02-25 02:28:15 UTC

The historical context is important in recognizing the change progressive era reformers made politically towards trusts in their time. The corporations Roosevelt refers to in his speech dominated the majority of the Gilded Era, which companies like the Standard Oil Company eliminating competition via horizontal integration and trusts having political influence in the Senate. In this speech, Roosevelt talks about controlling these corporations and limiting their power, which marks a change of limiting trusts power politically in the US.

POV

2025-02-25 16:27:14 UTC

The POV of this document is from Jane Adams, a social reformer who believes in progressive ideals.

Historical Context

2025-02-25 16:27:51 UTC

The historical context of this document is the increase in immigration during the late 1800s from places like Italy and Eastern Europe.

Trey Schloss

2025-02-25 16:28:10 UTC

This document is important for historical context as while the progressive movement pushed for less class divide and equality between employees and employers the issue of Jim Crow and racism would not be touched.

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marleighgraziano — 2025-02-25 17:13:28 UTC

The point of view of this document is that the prohibition of alcohol would benefit women and families while the sale of alcohol only benefits rich breweries. This is clear because the woman her and her family are asking people to vote dry for their sake while the brewer is asking people to vote wet for his sake. This cartoon is meant to show who is affected by the prohibition and try to get people to vote dry by appealing to their emotions and compassion for mothers and their families.

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marleighgraziano — 2025-02-25 17:13:46 UTC

The purpose of this letter is to show Woodrow Wilson the downsides of the new policy that segregated workers in Washington. The NAACP highlights the negative aspects of the policy in order to persuade president Wilson to get rid of the policy and allow colored and white workers to coexist. This is made clear by the NAACP’s word choice in recognizing why Wilson may believe the policy is beneficial and than rebutting these arguments with why the policy will be detrimental to colored workers.

Doc 7

2025-02-25 18:30:51 UTC

The historical context behind this source is that during this time alcohol was a major problem in the U.S especially for domestic violence. Which is why amongst women the temperance movement was very popular. It is important to consider the author of this source because it was created by an anti - saloon league where drinking was popular.

Doc 4

2025-02-25 18:31:32 UTC

The historical context behind this source is that during the Gilded age the united states used a practice of laissez faire where the government did not intervene in the economy but that led to many large corporations running other businesses out of business. It is important to consider the context because Tarbell is exposing the practices that Rockefeller used to gain business.

Doc 7

2025-02-26 02:31:04 UTC

The purpose of the document is to convince the audience of temperance. The temperance movement was an attempt to stop the consumption of alcohol in the United States.

Doc 1

2025-02-26 02:31:26 UTC

The purpose of this document is to depict the harsh conditions that children at the time had to endure and try to better them.

Doc 1

2025-02-26 16:30:17 UTC

The purpose of this document is to expose the terrible conditions that the poor working class lived to the middle and upper classes of society, calling for change. The author, Jacob Riis, is well known for exposing or "muckraking" the terrible living conditions of the working class.

During this time in america the wage gap between classes was immense leading to many people in the country to struggle with wealth and living in poor unsafe and unsanitary conditions due to the high unemployment rates and the low pay most jobs offer.

2025-02-26 16:30:32 UTC

Many companies such as standard oil were considered monopolies meaning they were the sole company moving oil in the united states and were able to create whatever price they wanted and bullying other rising companies out of the market

2025-02-26 16:30:56 UTC

Doc 3

2025-02-26 16:35:11 UTC

The intended audience is big business and corporation owners to warn them that there will be greater governmental supervision of their practices. This is almost a threat as it asserts roosevelt's progressive, antitrust views.