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A 5 page research paper that attempts to give a broad overview of progress in US culture, society and politics between 1880 and 1990. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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accompanied by social progress that assimilates the ramifications of progress in industrial and scientific areas. The is exemplified by social problems that accompanied the transformation of the US from a
largely rural, agrarian economy, which began in the later half of the nineteenth century, to the urban and industrial based economy of the twentieth century. During this period,
progress was made in technology (Henry Ford and the technology of mass production) and socially (Progressive era politics and the beginning of the labor movement). Relative to this, the student
researching this topic has requested a list of for inclusion that simply cannot be covered adequately in a paper of such limited length. With such a list, coherency and a
well-balanced argument are impossible. Therefore, in order to cover as much as possible from this list, the remainder of this paper will resemble an outline more then a well-defined essay.
Henry Ford not only revolutionized manufacturing, but also offered an example of the individuality and success that inspired generations of Americans. Ford instituted innovations to his assembly line that
eventually revolutionize industrial production methods worldwide. The years 1912-13 constituted the dawn of the "continuously moving assembly line" (Nevins, 1954, p. 466). Conveyor belts brought the automobile parts
to the workers. Each worker then performed a specific task. An automobile that took 12.5 worker-hours to build in 1912 was down to 1.5 worker-hours in 1914 (p. 468). By
the 1912-13 car season, a Ford runabout cost $500 and a touring car $550 (p. 489). George Washington Plunkett of New York Citys Tammany Hall, by 1905, was running
a powerful Democratic party machine (Reeves, 2000). One history scholar has commented that by 1890, with very few exceptions, city governments across the US were characterized by "political machines" run
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