Progressive Era is when the world was going through a political and social change. Health care was starting to become more organized and structured‚ the creating of new medicine was becoming for popular than using old remedies and public health awareness was growing by providing information to the people. Health care had no choice but to change because of the changing population. People were living longer and the population of people was vastly increasing. With the increase of people health care
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During Reconstruction and the Gilded Age (1860s through 1890)‚ the Democratic Party generally opposed federal intervention in Southern affairs and sought to roll back Reconstruction policies‚ including those aimed at protecting African American rights. The party faced internal challenges‚ including reliance on corrupt political machines‚ factionalism‚ and the distribution of patronage‚ which often led to divisions among its members. During the Reconstruction and Gilded Age‚ the Democratic Party’s views
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Before the Progressive Era women found themselves in traditional roles raising the family and keeping the families moral compass pointing in the proper manner. Many of them never considered life outside of them home‚ as this was how they were raised. In the advent of the beginning years of the Progressive Era with many of the largest companies controlling the largest chunks of America’s financial interests these same women were looking outside. By this I mean‚ the very important job they had raising
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The gilded age was a time after the American Civil War and it sprung an economic power house. The development of factories which were built by the union to defeat the confederacy remained open and were not shut down they were remodeled and converted into peacetime purposes. Even though big industries existed before the war the most significant portion of economy which was agriculture was what represented American economy the most. Following the war the production of
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the Civil War‚ the post-War era of the United States was generally one of political disillusionment. Even as the continent expanded and industrialized‚ political life in the Gilded Age was marked by ineptitude and stalemate as passive‚ rather than active‚ presidents merely served as figureheads to be manipulated rather than enduring strongholds. As politicians from both the White House to the courthouse were deeply entangled in corruption and scandal during the Gilded Age‚ the actual economic and social
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Challenges During the Gilded Age There were many groups of people who faced challenges and struggled in America during the Gilded Age. Immigrants‚ African Americans‚ and factory workers were all groups of people that struggled in many ways during this time period. Some of these groups struggles were similar‚ but some were different. One group that faced many struggles compared to others were immigrants. When immigrants first arrived in the United States they would be sent to Ellis Island to become
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The progressive era was the time of widespread social activism and political reforms that occurred across the country from 1890 to the 1920’s. During this era change was seen in many places from child labor reforms which led to law being passed to protect the children from dangerous working conditions to the the change in in women’s rights allowing women to vote nationwide. We see that during the progressive era people wanted change in child labor the US. The people who shed light on this problem
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the south safe for the blacks. Industrial Age The industrial age took place in the 18th and 19th centuries. The industrial age began in Britain and took a widespread towards Northern Europe and the U.S. The industrial age allowed resources to be used as goods such as wood to build houses‚textiles to make clothes‚ and coal to use as energy. This was important because it allowed us to use these help things. Image
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the 19th century‚ wealthy white people were the most powerful in the political circle. Political machines dominated politics‚ and the voices of the common people were stifled‚ sparking outrage against corporations and industries. As a result‚ the Progressives sought to break up the concentration of power and wrest control back to the people. They sought to fight against the patronage systems prevalent at the time‚ proposing merit-based appointments as a way to crack down on the political machines that
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Throughout the span of time‚ there were three critical time periods that revolutionize the country starting from the Progressive era followed by the New Deal and the Great Society. The progressive Era began in the 1890s as reformers from different background with distinct plans yet all of them had the same goal‚ which was to make the United States better for the people. This era was the start of building a better economy likewise fighting inequality against Women and African Americans. Reformers
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