Compare And Contrast Economic Debacle And Political Cataclysm

In chapter 19, America underwent economic debacle and political cataclysm. In early 19th century, Most Americans didn’t know about the poverty until the Muckraking journalism exposed in 1890. In order to resolve urban poverty, Jane Addams established the first settlement house in Chicago, and some settlement house grew into the vanguard for urban reform. Since the many organizations like the settlement house were founded by women, the New Woman appeared for their autonomy and equality of gender. From 1890 to 1892, in political cataclysm, nativism in America, was bolstered visibly and politically to reduce the immigration because New immigrants were not better than old immigrants. Since farmers faced hardships about the price of crops, farmers could not …show more content…
However government just broke this strike and union with the use of federal troops. In manufacturing and mining, some companies merged together because of harsh competition between manufacturing companies. In political changeover, court legislated the civil rights cases that the equal protection applied only to state, and through Second Mississippi Plan, government passed a literacy test for voting and established poll tax. However, some states still had discrimination to the black people to disfranchise. In 1896 election, the republicans won in the election, so that republican could make their own majority. Mckinley who was nominated by republican tried to accentuate the protective tariffs and gold standard for economic restoration. In early 19th century, there were also many confrontations in Latin America. Especially, many Americans were sympathetic to events in Cuba by Yellow journalism, and those people wanted to advocate that the intervention of American government in order to help Cuba. Thus, President McKinley dispatched the Maine to Havana Harbor, but this ship suddenly exploded itself because of unknown