class notes unit 2-2 Flashcards
What is the biggest problem of the progressive movement?
the humanistic effort denying the truth of scripture
Father of American psychology
G. Stanley Hall
student of hall, promotes the progressive education philosophy
John Dewey
no more route memorization-it was not suffieicent
Progressive education philosophy
deprived people of things to think about
What was the failure of progressive education?-
Holmes and Brandies
Who believed that the constitution did not mean the same thing today as it did when originally written and that it needed to be interpreted with modern mentality
-(socialist historian)writes and economic interpretation of the constitution of the U.S., believed the constitution was designed to enhance the power of the elite- the beginning of the new left in History
Charles Beard
father of modern social Darwinism and pragmatism-believed the ends justified the means
William James
proponent of women’s reproduction rights, founder of planned parenthood, believed in Eugenics
Margaret Sanger
population control by means of selective breeding
Eugenics
-(pragmatic approach) founded the Tuskegie institute, responsible for the Atlanta Compromise
Booker T. Washington
adopts a passive approach. African Americans wanted to make themselves indespensible to society
Atlanta Compromise
professor/philosopher-developed extreme approach of social protest, he founds the NAACP, becomes a Marxist and moves to Africa
W.E.B. Dubois
wanted African Americans to be considered equal
NAACP
Bryan is defeated by McKinley when
1896
when is McKinley is assassinated-(3rd president to be Assassinated in American History)
1901
the youngest person to become president (42)
Roosevelt