American Culture In The Early 1900's

There it was, nothing alike it has anyone seen before, it was a four-wheeled vehicle that transported you from one place, to another. This is the many of the changes in American Culture. From taking a snap in a Kodak camera to shooting President Mckinley, America has been quite different ever since the early 1900’s. Some in a great way, and some in an inadequate way. This era was named The Progressive Era. Americans in the first years of the twentieth century felt the newness of their place in history. Looking back on the very late nineteenth century, they stressed its chaos: the boom-and-bust cycles of the economy, the violent and exploitative aspects of its economy and social life, the gulf between its ostentatious new wealth and the lot
Southern leaders were not immune to progressive political ambitions. Southern farmers lobbied hard for federal credit systems to supplement private lenders in the cash-strapped South. They turned the system of federally supported agriculture extension agents into a far-flung network of scientific advice, crop marketing assistance, and lobbying help in Congress. But southern progressive reform had its limits. Efforts to enfranchise women, or effectively ban the employment of twelve- and thirteen-year-old children in the textile mills, or enact national anti-lynching legislation met with major
Northern middle-class women had played a defining role in advancing many of the progressive social reforms of the day. Even before they gained the vote, they had established themselves as important political, actors. Working out from woman-dominated social spaces in the settlement houses, women’s clubs and colleges, the social-gospel churches, and the social work professions, they undertook to demonstrate women’s higher moral sensibilities and their greater sense of responsibility for the larger “civic household.” The campaign for political equality for women both altered and undermined those premises. By the 1920s, the settlement-house worker was a far less visible presence in the culture than the bobbed-hair, flapper-clad “new woman”—more independent, more athletic, and more confident.

The 20th century will be the change of American culture forever. The Progressive Era will always be known for being an era for inventions, immigration, women improvements and much more. It will be remembered as an era that changed the way we see America. In conclusion, thus Americans have changed for the better in our economy, immigration, inventions, wealth, African American rights, and Women's