... 1940s, young historians found the Progressive historians" psychology shallow, their social analysis predictable, and their moral judgements superficial. They found the Progressive instance on explaining many events to be more hindrance than help in making sense of specific historical problems. Many historians were insisting that consensus rather than conflict marked American political history and that the absence of European-style class ... ...

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... future was shaped ultimately by environmental factors."(Pg. 29) Although Riis does admit some unfavorable hereditary characteristics also might attribute to keeping a man from success. The tenement was the biggest hindrance to achieving the American myth of rags to riches. It becomes impossible for one to rise up in the social structure when it can be considered a miracle to live passed ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... its population. These current waves of immigrants numbering in the millions enter the country every year, and are getting more numerous annually. In modern American society, these numbers are a dangerous hindrance, not a help as it was more then a century ago. The impending breech is threatening the infrastructure, education, welfare, domestic tranquility, social program and national identity thresholds of the United States ... ...

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... ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. It took eighteen years for the sixteenth amendment to be passed allowing Congress to raise the tax. In this example the constitution clearly is a hindrance to a progressive measure. However, a crucial factor to remember with regards to taxation issues is that American political culture is antagonistic towards increasing the scope of government, especially with regards to ... ...

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