Prof. Eliud Peterson Only

· Part 1

TERMS: Sketch the context for, define, and tell the significance/after-effect of each, in terms of late-19th & early-20th-century American history & culture:

1- "Second Wave" of U.S. immigration (1840s-1921)

2- Taylorism vs. "speeding-up the gang" & pacemakers (1880s-1930s)

3- Pure Food & Drug Act of 1906

4- Socialist Party (1901+)/"wage slavery"

5- "Melting Pot" (1890s-1960s in its original meaning)

6- Emergency Quota Act (1921) & National Origins Act (1924) 

7- National Labor Relations Act (1935) & Fair Labor Standards Act (1938)

· Part 2

Short Essay: write 2 pages of the following topic.

Years after the publication of his Socialist novel The Jungle, Upton Sinclair ironically noted the chiefly Progressive impact of his book, stating that he "had taken aim at America's heart and hit instead its stomach." Compare & contrast the two, major, early-20th-century reform-minded ideologies of Progressivism and Socialism.