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Progressive Era
"Ida Tarbell was one among the leading muckrakers of the Progressive Era of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and pioneered investigative journalism. Born in Pennsylvania at the onset of the oil boom, Tarbell is best known for her 1904 book, The History of the Standard Oil Company.
Jane Addams was uncommonly progressive for her time. She campaigned against income inequality, creating places like Hull House that sought to meet the needs of the poor who lived in cities. Alice Paul believed that drastic steps were needed to win the vote for the right to vote. By 1913, she was recruiting women of all backgrounds from all over the nation to join the cause. In 1917, she formed the NWP(National Woman's Party) which used public marches and protests in front of the white house."
They feared that democracy would lead to racial equality.
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Although many of the Founding Fathers acknowledged that slavery violated the core American Revolutionary ideal of liberty, their simultaneous commitment to private property rights, principles of limited government, and intersectional harmony prevented them from making a bold move against slavery.
