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I: Essay Question: . 80 points. You should write at

least 2 and a half pages in a bluebook.

1) We have learned that many figures in the period from 1880-1920 believed in progress.

What do you think they meant by “progress”? Do you agree that this was a progressive

period? Perhaps you agree in part, but not in whole. Did everyone, including women,

African Americans, immigrants, members of the working class, and political radicals

(Socialists, Industrial Workers of the World members, etc) experience progress? How

about business leaders? Explain. Illustrate your points with specific examples from

lectures and readings.

2) In class, we have learned that numerous elites from the Gilded Age to World War I,

including, but not limited to, politicians, judges, and businessmen, were interested in

maintaining social control. What groups did they seek to control? How successful were

they? How do you judge success? Make sure to discuss class, gender, and race.

Illustrate your points with specific examples from lectures and the book.

3) Historians have given many different names to the period between 1880 and 1920: “The

Age of Reform,” “The Age of Organization,” “The Incorporation of America,” and

America’s “First Age of Terror.” Which, if any, of these phrases describes this period

best? Would you offer another phrase to describe this time? If so, what would it be?

Why? Illustrate your point

there are three question please answer all the question. Please provide all the requirement needed for the question