6. Summing up Roosevelt (pp. 681–683) Note that in the election of 1908, Socialist Eugene Debs polled nearly half a million votes. Socialism was gaining wide popularity in Europe as an alternative to the excesses of
free-market capitalism. *** Under socialism,
(government, individuals, or corporations)
own(s) the "means of production" (like factories) and
(government, individuals, or
corporations) make(s) the key economic decisions about allocation of resources (like who makes how much of
what product). The authors sum up Roosevelt on p. 682 by saying that he was "the cowboy who started to
tame the bucking bronco of adolescent capitalism, thus ensuring it a long adult life." *** In your own words,
what do you think they mean by this metaphor? |

a countries leader should be motivated by the common good of the country.

booker t. washington was an educator who established the tuskegee institute. washington argued that african americans should learn trades that would offer them the opportunity to be progressive citizens. instead of fighting against discrimination, washington argued that african americans should use their education and knowledge to become self-sufficient in american society and not in competition with white americans.

w.e.b du bois was the founder of the niagara movement and later the naacp, du bois disagreed with washington. he argued that african americans should consistently fight for racial equality.

ida b. wells was a journalist who wrote about the horrors of lynching in the south. wells work could be considered muckraking as it led to the development of the anti-lynching campaign.

are you asking for our opinion?

i believe its escaped