Big Businesses During The Progressive Era
Imagine living in a nation where industry is corrupted and the government makes no change. The United States used to be like that, before the progressive era. Reformers had to push for new laws that are fair to all. It was led by the middle class. It also brought new changes and opportunities to the nation, leading to change in this era. The progressive era helped change big business, improved the lives of immigrants and took down unfair politics.
Progressives helped improve the nation by improving big business. The American Nation in the Modern Era, talks about the new beliefs of big business owners. Robber barons, industrial captains that made money off of cheating the public, came up with new strategies to make money, trick the citizens, …show more content…
In the article, “Immigration and Industrialization 1869-1920,” it talks about how immigrants were crowded into the poorest neighbors that were filled with crime and disease. The American Nation in the Modern Era also talks about the tenements, poorly built apartments, that immigrants lived in. Families had to start renting out rooms in tenements which were overcrowded and unsanitary due to high rent prices. Immigrants also lived within walking distance of the factories making the air around them polluted.In his article, Joan Saverino, author of “The Americanization of Immigrants,” talks about how nativist, native-born Americans, focused on making immigrants blend into the culture in fear of losing the American culture in the nation. Saverino also states that immigrants were required to learn English to work, women learned to cook American dishes to pass on the culture, and kids were put into public schools to learn about the history of the state. Immigrants did not get any help until the progressives came …show more content…
In The American Nation in the Modern Era, it states that reformers built settlement houses which offered community service that had cultural events for citizens. In the article “Progressive Policies and Reforms,” it talks about how progressives pushed to get the New York State Legislatures to pass the Tenement House Law, in 1901, which created strict codes for the construction of tenements. This helped immigrants live in safer homes and helped them feel at home. Progressives also helped make politics fair to
Progressives helped improve the nation by improving big business. The American Nation in the Modern Era, talks about the new beliefs of big business owners. Robber barons, industrial captains that made money off of cheating the public, came up with new strategies to make money, trick the citizens, …show more content…
In the article, “Immigration and Industrialization 1869-1920,” it talks about how immigrants were crowded into the poorest neighbors that were filled with crime and disease. The American Nation in the Modern Era also talks about the tenements, poorly built apartments, that immigrants lived in. Families had to start renting out rooms in tenements which were overcrowded and unsanitary due to high rent prices. Immigrants also lived within walking distance of the factories making the air around them polluted.In his article, Joan Saverino, author of “The Americanization of Immigrants,” talks about how nativist, native-born Americans, focused on making immigrants blend into the culture in fear of losing the American culture in the nation. Saverino also states that immigrants were required to learn English to work, women learned to cook American dishes to pass on the culture, and kids were put into public schools to learn about the history of the state. Immigrants did not get any help until the progressives came …show more content…
In The American Nation in the Modern Era, it states that reformers built settlement houses which offered community service that had cultural events for citizens. In the article “Progressive Policies and Reforms,” it talks about how progressives pushed to get the New York State Legislatures to pass the Tenement House Law, in 1901, which created strict codes for the construction of tenements. This helped immigrants live in safer homes and helped them feel at home. Progressives also helped make politics fair to