Changes During The Progressive Era
The Progressive Era (1895-1920) was a time where the middle and upper class citizens became involved in adjusting the social order and reforming the government in response to the inhumane conditions that resulted from the Industrial Revolution. Reformers sought to not only improve urban conditions but also to reform political systems and improve life for many Americans. (Schultz 2013, 335) Many changes had to be made in order to fix the major problems that resulted from the Industrial revolution; even so, the progressives succeeded and achieved all they sought out to do by implementing many progressive reforms still used in the America today.
The Reformers attempted to reform local politics by creating Settlement Houses; Settlement houses …show more content…
At this time, women began to get an education; subsequently, they became politically active but were still denied the right to vote. As a result, the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA), led by Carrie Catt, and the National Women’s Party (NWP), led by Alice Paul, formed in order to fight for women’s suffrage. Eventually, with the joint efforts of NAWSA and NWP, in 1920 the 19th Amendment, which allowed women the right to vote, was ratified. (Schultz 2013, 340-341) President Theodore Roosevelt was an influential reformer in American society; he fought to preserve the natural resources by creating the National Forest Service and to break up large monopolies by creating the Sherman Antitrust Act (1890), he was therefore nicknamed trustbuster. At this time, muckrakers, who were writers who exposed the hazardous conditions in factories and political corruption, became active; one of the most renowned muckrakers was Upton Sinclair. (Schultz 2013, 342) Upton Sinclair wrote a book titled the Jungle that told about the truly gruesome conditions of a Chicago meatpacking company. President Woodrow Wilson, who succeeded Roosevelt, found that the conditions were real and pressed for congress to pass the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act. (Schultz 2013,
The Reformers attempted to reform local politics by creating Settlement Houses; Settlement houses …show more content…
At this time, women began to get an education; subsequently, they became politically active but were still denied the right to vote. As a result, the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA), led by Carrie Catt, and the National Women’s Party (NWP), led by Alice Paul, formed in order to fight for women’s suffrage. Eventually, with the joint efforts of NAWSA and NWP, in 1920 the 19th Amendment, which allowed women the right to vote, was ratified. (Schultz 2013, 340-341) President Theodore Roosevelt was an influential reformer in American society; he fought to preserve the natural resources by creating the National Forest Service and to break up large monopolies by creating the Sherman Antitrust Act (1890), he was therefore nicknamed trustbuster. At this time, muckrakers, who were writers who exposed the hazardous conditions in factories and political corruption, became active; one of the most renowned muckrakers was Upton Sinclair. (Schultz 2013, 342) Upton Sinclair wrote a book titled the Jungle that told about the truly gruesome conditions of a Chicago meatpacking company. President Woodrow Wilson, who succeeded Roosevelt, found that the conditions were real and pressed for congress to pass the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act. (Schultz 2013,