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For progressives as for Populists , the central problem was opportunity , and to the extent that the two movements concerned themselves with liberty , they shared an emphasis on freeing the avenues of opportunity .
For progressives as for Populists , the central problem was opportunity , and to the extent that the two movements concerned themselves with liberty , they shared an emphasis on freeing the avenues of opportunity .
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It made little sense to worry about the farm hand's opportunity to acquire his own acres when the hand was becoming a “ suitcase farmer , ” motoring from his urban home to well - paid hours in a huge factory - in - the - field .
It made little sense to worry about the farm hand's opportunity to acquire his own acres when the hand was becoming a “ suitcase farmer , ” motoring from his urban home to well - paid hours in a huge factory - in - the - field .
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... Immigrants : sense of opportunity despair on Inaugural day ( 1933 ) , among , in immediate post - Civil 323 ; connected with F.D.R.in War period , 8-9 , 27 ; changed attiformation of American Construc- tude toward in Eighties , 36–7 ...
... Immigrants : sense of opportunity despair on Inaugural day ( 1933 ) , among , in immediate post - Civil 323 ; connected with F.D.R.in War period , 8-9 , 27 ; changed attiformation of American Construc- tude toward in Eighties , 36–7 ...
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