In Twenty Years at Hull-House, Jane Addams made the assertion that young people long to “socialize their democracy.” Throughout her autobiography she highlighted several reasons why socialization of American Democracy was necessary for the early twentieth century American cities; Among these reasons were the need for humanitarianism, unification, and justice. Although almost a hundred years have passed, I believe that American democracy today still shows evidence of similar needs for socializing and the young citizens of our country still exhibit the same longing to “socialize their democracy.”
The first reason why socialization of the American Democracy was necessary is the need for humanitarianism, which was especially prevalent among
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Addams even says "that somewhere in the process of "being educated" they had lost that simple and almost automatic response to the human appeal" (pg 71). This seems to be because, one, the urges to contribute to the good of society are clouded by the hullabaloo of literature and lectures. It creates a situation similar to the “The Vision of Sudden Death” where a person is only able “to act through a literary suggestion.” (Pg 71) Two, the young person has never been exposed to the trial-and-error stage of life and will never feel capable of making the right decision for fear of not living up to the expectations of those around them. Both of the reasons listed above, mean that there will be a hesitation every time an opportunity to aid others presents itself which will eventually withdraw into a lack of reaction. Eventually, if a pattern such as this continues, who will be left to help those around them? This is why socializing democracy is so important because it encourages any help from …show more content…
A good example to give this claim some support is the irrational fear of anarchists that arose during this time. This was primarily because an anarchist was arrested directly after President Mckinley was assassinated. This is important because the man was not allowed to see an attorney and was denied his rights sanctioned by the American government. (192) The radicalism that ensued was so much that Addams’ claims that “to treat a Chicago man who is called an anarchist, as you would treat any other citizen, is to lay yourself open to a deep suspicion.”
...ce, left to every man or women. The correlations prove to be undeniable. Just as Johnson turned to Rochester and its revival to make sense of the political complexities of that time, so can Americans, to further understand their nation, society and possibly even their personal beliefs. Then, perhaps, Americans can work to diminish this political divide for the generations yet to come.
In early America between the years of 1825-1850, America was rapidly changing and reforming the way people lived. Societal problems and major discrepancies that had previously been overlooked began to rapidly gain awareness. The main idea of the reforms in the United States at this time was the relatively new sense of Democracy. Reform sought to maximize these benefits in light of Democracy and for this reason came up with many changes in which greater good can be found through freedom, justice, and equality of all people.
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Why does Jane Addams think women should have the right to vote? Please summarize her argument in your own words.
The new American arrangement of popular government depended vigorously on political gatherings, so when the Democratic gathering parted, over the same subjugation issue bringing about turmoil surrounding,...
Janda, Kenneth. Berry, Jeffrey. Goldman, Jerry (2008). The Challenge of Democracy (9th ed.). Boston; New York: Houghton Mifflin Company.
Americans and Britons had a stronger sense of civic duty and and civic competence, believed they could “do something’ about an unjust law, and that citizens should be active in one’s community. While Americans lagged behind Austria, the Netherlands, West Germany, and the United Kingdom in voter participation, they seemed to be much more involved in other areas such as campaigning, being active in the local community, and contacting government official. But in “Bowling Alone,” Robert Putnam states that not only has voter turnout declined, but so has citizen participation in politics and government. This is because they are more self-reliant now. People do not vote because they do not care. They believe the democratic values this nation was built upon do not exist
Janda, K., Berry, J., Golman, J., & Hula, K. (2009). The Challenge of Democracy: American
Jane Addams was an upper class woman who thought it was her job to help others. Addams was an advocate of immigrants, the poor, women, and peace. In 1889, she created the Hull House, to help female immigrants become assimilated to the American lifestyle by helping them get a job, learn the language, and receive an education. It was no surprise that in 1915, Jane Addams wrote the life-changing article “Why Women Should Vote.”
"(Cook p77). Fear was the greatest underlying cause of the McCarthy movement; fear of communism, fear of the loss of freedom, fear of being accused or fear of what would happen if someone challenged the movement. Works Cited Rogin, Paul. The 'Standard'. The Intellectuals and McCarthy: the Radical.
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The political culture that defines American politics shows that despite this compromise, America is still very much a democratic society. The very history of the country, a major contributor to the evolution of its political culture, shows a legacy of democracy that reaches from the Declaration of Independence through over two hundred years to today’s society. The formation of the country as a reaction to the tyrannical rule of a monarchy marks the first unique feature of America’s democratic political culture. It was this reactionary mindset that greatly affected many of the decisions over how to set up the new governmental system. A fear of simply creating a new, but just as tyrannic... ...
Reform movements in the United States sought to expand democratic ideals. Assess the validity of this statement with specific reference to the years 1825-1850.’ Reform movements in the United States sought to expand democratic ideals from the quarter century time period of 1825-1850 also known as the Second Great Awakening. These democratic ideals included voting for everyone eighteen and older (with the exception of minors, women, insane, and criminals), freedom of expression, press, speech and religion, election of officials, property rights, free and public education, more than one political party, equal rights, equality before the law entitling a person to due process, separation of church and state, tolerance of diversity, institutional uncertainty, protection of minority rights, and no special privileges. Teaching them the habits of thrift, orderliness, temperance and industry was a way to not only better their lives but a way to instill certain so-called democratic values and advance the perfection of the whole of society.
Within the article Caring Democracy: Markets, Equality, and Justice, the author Joan Tronto highlights and critically examines the United States and its democratic lifestyle after the attacks on 9/11 on the World Trade Center and Pentagon and the events after the 2008 financial crisis. Since these events the United States the average citizen is now facing to many demands for them too adequately for their children and themselves. During a set of recent elections examined by Joan Tronto she found that public involvement was at an all-time low by the citizens of the United States. Although political involvement should support us to care more about our surrounds and society but it does not. However, the American democratic process has become more
In order to understand how these influences or principles have spread, it must also be figured out how these principles developed. Again here, it must be asserted that the historical context is of vital importance because it reveals the manner in which some actions that took place at particular points in time had formed consensus notions. It is these notions that were carried through and developed into what have become western democratic principles. These had evidently developed with the passage of time due to the occurrences that took place on the American continent; the types of people that landed there were responsible for the influences they had in the formulation of law. Though other western countries experienced similar transition America is one country that must be particularly mentioned (Kagan et al, 2000).