Your first task will be to locate
EIGHT CURRENT EVENT ARTICLES
related to similar issues or events which took place DURING
THE GILDED AGE AND PROGRESSIVE ERA.
No more than ONE article about the same topic. As an
example, your articles for this assignment could focus on:
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Monopolies
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Corporate Abuse/Benevolence
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Social Darwinism
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Child Labor
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Pure Food and Drug Issues
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Alcoholism
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Hate Groups
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Urban Housing Problems
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Public Education
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Native American Rights/Reservations
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Railroad Issues
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Separation of Church and State
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Nativism/Immigration
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Populism
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Problems of Farmers Unions
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Industrial and Mining
Accidents
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Feminism
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Progressivism
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Muckrakers
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Settlement Houses
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NAACP
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Government and the Environment
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Plus,
ONE
EDITORIAL CARTOON
related to a
TOPIC/ISSUE you identified in Part A. One possible
site
http://cagle.msnbc.com/
TOTAL NUMBER OF ARTICLES NECESSARY: NINE (One is
the
Editorial Cartoon)
FOR EACH ARTICLE:
*PROVIDE A PRINTED COPY OF THE ARTICLE
*Cite The Publication Source (example: The New York
Times)
*Title and Author of this Article (URL if appropriate)
*Date of the Article
*Your Summary of the Article
*Specific Correlation of this Article to the Historical Time
Period Under Review (BE SPECIFIC)
*In regards to the specific issue/topic/event, "Are we better
off today, than during the period we are studying?"
DUE DATE: Thursday, March 23