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Date Posted: 18:02:47 01/14/03 Tue
Author: cassie
Subject: Ch21.The Dream Of Socialism

The Dream of Socialism
-socialist party of America grew during the progresive era
-eugene debs was socialist canidate
-obtained support form many groups
-women reformers were attracted to socialism too
-socialist agreed for basic structual changes in economy
*Wobblies
-radical labor union(industrial workers of the world)
-under the leadership of William(Big BIll)Haywood
-single union for all workers
-rejected political action for strikes
-wobbies also created far flung social network
-1917 wobblies strike: timber worker virtually shut down production
-federal authority came down hard
-gov. needed timber for war production
-between 1917&1919 gov. passed laws that outlawed the wobblies
-survived for a time but never recovered
*Socialism's Demise
-moderate socialist dominated the party
-they advocated peaceful change
-did not support WWI effort
-they were subjected to harassment and persecution

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