though World War 1‚ America went through many changes. New reform organizations‚ laws‚ and amendments continually shaped this era for better or for worse. During the Progressive Era‚ many reformers were able to successfully create reform at a national level; however‚ the benefits of the federal government’s actions were more strongly felt economically and even politically rather than socially. Americans were beginning to believe it was their duty to start action in order to see change. This frame of
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As Americans entered the Antebellum era shortly after the Era of Good Feeling had ended‚ Americans sought to expand democratic ideals to result in equality‚ liberty‚ and the pursuit of happiness. A series of reform movements including religion‚ abolition‚ politics‚ temperance‚ and women’s rights quickly spread throughout America in 1825-1850 to meet those democratic ideals religiously‚ socially‚ and politically that Americans had urged for. The Second Great Awakening was a major religious reform
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During the time period between 1825-1850‚ known as the Antebellum Period‚ the series of reform movements that emerged sought to democratic ideals of equality‚ liberty‚ the right to vote‚ and a more centralized government. The Second Great Awakening‚ one of many religious reforms‚ expanded equality through the belief that everyone could attain salvation through hard work and faith. The Second Great Awakening was the spark for many of the other reform movements‚ such as Temperance‚ Women’s Rights
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And then there were none. This short sentence sums up the entirety of the grunge rock era in the early 1990s. No musical genre in history has found greatness so quickly and then raced into oblivion as fast as grunge did and few genres have relied so heavily on just a handful of artists. In the early 1990s there was a new type of music that was taking the masses by storm. There had been nothing new in the pop music world for a number of years and generation X was coming of age and demanded some
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The progressive era directly followed the post-civil wartime of chaos and corruption. The United States of America desperately needed change. As a result of this desire for change a varied group called progressives (which were largely composed of white middle class)‚ pushed to improve America’s current condition and created a set of goals. A majority of these goals were achieved pushing America to having increased social justice‚ corporation control‚ and regulations on consumer products. However
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The Reconstruction Era (1865 - 1877) was an attempt at enforcing social and economic equality‚ as well as rebuilding the United States after the attempted secession of the South. Although Slavery was abolished with the Thirteenth Amendment‚ and the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments further established the equality of the freed blacks‚ their enforcement was very weak and Southerners were finding ways to twist the liberties that the former slaves were given. The failure of reconstruction was brought
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In the Progressive Era (1890s-1920s)‚ much reform was underway. Many people wanted to improve the way of life in order to live the American Dream. While these reformers succeeded at the national level in some instances‚ they were not completely unsuccessful in other cases. A case in which reformers succeeded was the Pure Food and Drug Act‚ which improved the quality of food that was served to Americans. The Neill-Reynolds Report describes meat factories at filthy places where meat was prepared poorly
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The progressive era was a thirty-year period in which the United States was completely reformed. Actions were taken to improve working conditions for laborers and women. President Roosevelt and Wilson were both reformers for the rights and voice of the people. Theodore Roosevelt used his presidency to put regulations of businesses and make sure the government is still higher than corporations. Individual Reformers and the government in the progressive era went through a great deal to bring about
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The time after the Civil War was known as the period of Reconstruction which lead to many changes in how the U.S. functioned. When slavery was abolished the now free African Americans had their freedom there was many repercussions in economic‚ political‚ and social areas within the country. For instance‚ African Americans were able to work in order to provide for themselves‚ black men earned the right to vote‚ and the government worked to help African Americans become self reliant. These changes
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The Progressive era The progressive Era was a time of confusion as well as success. The reformers of this time worked tremendously hard in trying to improve the dreadful conditions of the U.S. The Progressive Era reformers along with government and the media were fairly successful in bringing about reform on a federal level between 1900 and 1920. However‚ there were inevitable negative effects that occurred due to the Progressive movement‚ and there were people who opposed it altogether. Progressive
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