Progessive Era DBQ
Progressive Era reformers had a similar effect. They were able to make some changes, but most of them were limited. As W.E.B. DuBois wrote in The Crisis, America was still "a shameful land" for
African-Americans. Although African-Americans "fought gladly and to the last drop of blood" in World War One, they returned home to face
"lynching, disenfranchisement, caste, brutality and devilish insult". Progressive Era reformers did little more than shed light on the subject of African-American rights. Little was changed for
African-Americans in the period 1900-1920. The limited effect of reformers can be seen as well in the drop of voting. In 1900, 73 percent of eligible voters voted, while in 1920, only 49 percent voted
(Document J). This drop is indicative of the voter's enthusiasm at the ballot boxes. Clearly, nearing 1920, voters were less and less enthused by reformers, and found less reasons to vote. Yet another example of the limited reform Progressive Era reformers were able to attain was the Child Labor Act of 1916. Progressive Era reformers such as Jane Addams fought for child laborers' rights with writings that posed questions asking if the public was "so caught in admiration of the astonishing achievements of modern industry that they forget the children themselves?" Reformers such as Jane Addams helped the Child
Labor Act of 1916 pass with relative ease, but when it came to reform in the meat-packing industry change was influenced by many things.
Upton Sinclair's chilling novel, The Jungle, showed to all the horrors of the meat-packing industry. The Neill-Reynolds Report also laid out the unsanitary conditions in which Americans' meat was produced. "meat [was] shoveled from filthy wooden floors, piled on tables rarely washed, pushed from room to room in rotten box carts...[and exposed to] dirt, splinters, floor filth, and the expectoration of tuberculosis." Because of documents such as the above, the Pure Food and
African-Americans. Although African-Americans "fought gladly and to the last drop of blood" in World War One, they returned home to face
"lynching, disenfranchisement, caste, brutality and devilish insult". Progressive Era reformers did little more than shed light on the subject of African-American rights. Little was changed for
African-Americans in the period 1900-1920. The limited effect of reformers can be seen as well in the drop of voting. In 1900, 73 percent of eligible voters voted, while in 1920, only 49 percent voted
(Document J). This drop is indicative of the voter's enthusiasm at the ballot boxes. Clearly, nearing 1920, voters were less and less enthused by reformers, and found less reasons to vote. Yet another example of the limited reform Progressive Era reformers were able to attain was the Child Labor Act of 1916. Progressive Era reformers such as Jane Addams fought for child laborers' rights with writings that posed questions asking if the public was "so caught in admiration of the astonishing achievements of modern industry that they forget the children themselves?" Reformers such as Jane Addams helped the Child
Labor Act of 1916 pass with relative ease, but when it came to reform in the meat-packing industry change was influenced by many things.
Upton Sinclair's chilling novel, The Jungle, showed to all the horrors of the meat-packing industry. The Neill-Reynolds Report also laid out the unsanitary conditions in which Americans' meat was produced. "meat [was] shoveled from filthy wooden floors, piled on tables rarely washed, pushed from room to room in rotten box carts...[and exposed to] dirt, splinters, floor filth, and the expectoration of tuberculosis." Because of documents such as the above, the Pure Food and