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morality
progressive era
Question | Answer |
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Anthony Cornstock | 1. created New York Society for the Suppression of Vice (1872) 2. ban gambling and censor obscene publications 3. wide support from middle class |
Charles Davenport | 1. Blamed bad habits on genetics 2. Eugenics- sterilize criminals, prostitutes |
Who was blamed for prostitution? | immigrant women |
John Rockefeller | 1. donated to American Social Hygiene Association which funded research to use eugenics |
Mann Act | illegal to transport women across state lines for immoral purposes |
Hague Opium Treaty of 1912 | twelve nation agreement to ban opium distribution |
Harrison Narcotic Act 1914 | regulated addictive pharmaceutical drugs open for consumption and distribution. |
social gospel movement | 1. social movement that applies Christian ideas to social problems |
Immigration Restriction League | literacy to tests for immigrants |
Eugenics | 1. Carnegie Foundation funded genetic research 2. States legalized sterilization of criminals, sex offenders, and mentally deficient people. 3. wanted poc to be sterilized |
overall effectiveness of morality movement | not really effective, mostly local changes |