Progressive Politics and Calls for Reform
What does it mean to be a Progressive? Simply put, Progressives advocate change or reform. Politically speaking, Progressives believe that the government should be responsive to the needs of its citizens in order to improve conditions in government and society. During the Progressive Era, from around 1900-1917, reformers sought to end abuses of power in politics and government.
Local Political Reforms
Many large cities were controlled by political machines, which were organizations that controlled the activities of a political party. Under city bosses, political machines were able to corrupt the city governments by bribing judges, providing contracts to businessmen in return for favors, and filling city jobs with political supporters, regardless of their qualifications. Special interest groups, such as labor unions and trade associations, lobbied for reform and stood up to the power of the political machines. Sometimes the political machines took on reforms themselves in order to maintain influence and keep their organizations in operation.
The Egyptians invented and used many basic machines, such as the ramp and the lever, to aid construction processes. They used rope trusses to stiffen the beam of ships. Egyptian paper, made from papyrus, and pottery was mass produced and exported throughout the Mediterranean basin.
1. The Treaty of Versailles, which came out of the Paris Peace Conference, was very punitive towards Germany. Germany was forced to admit responsibility for causing the Great War (World War I) -- what we now call "the war guilt" clause of the treaty. Germany also was forced to pay large reparation payments to the Allies (who opposed Germany in the war). The German economy and national pride were deeply wounded. The Great Depression was worse in Germany than in America. The bad situation in Germany made it possible for a radical leader like Hitler, making all sorts of bold promises, to win over enough people to rise to power.
2. The Paris Peace Conference did not give Arab peoples the full self-determination that Woodrow Wilson's "14 Points" ideas would have hoped. They were placed under "mandate" governments, with European powers (Britain and France) serving in governing positions in the Middle East. The history of many of today's issues in the Arab world as well as the Israel / Palestine conflict are rooted in what happened in the settlements and arrangements made after World War I.
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C) The pillars represent the three branches of government and up hold the constitution as the law of the land. (Fixed)
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Although in the first few centuries AD Christians were prosecuted and punished, often with death, there were also periods when they were more secure. ... Christians were first, and horribly, targeted for persecution as a group by the emperor Nero in 64 AD.
