Issues Before The Progressive Era

Before the Progressive Era there were several big issues in society. There was poverty, greed, violence and a division among groups of people such as class, race and religion. These issues became extremely overlooked. A group a people called Progressives decided they wanted to better the lives of people and the community around them. They believed that better schools and a better community would help stop some of the poverty and the violence. They also went to great lengths to make sure that the big companies did not monopolise anything or take to much advantage of the everyday person. The movement and the progressives soon caught the attention of Theodore Roosevelt. When elected in 1901, Roosevelt acknowledged the fact that big companies were