The Progressive era set off great social reforms and the rising of socialist ideas. This era fought against political and social corruption‚ like the muckrakers. Corporations neglected employers. Investigative journalists‚ muckrakers‚ used the power of photography to report child labor. Thanks to them‚ the rates of child labor dropped from 18% to 5 % by 1930. Laws were created to limit child labor‚ making them inconvenient to hire. New fire codes laws and safety measures implemented after the tragic
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To describe a typical woman’s life during the antebellum era would be a gross oversimplification of the varying lives of women based on social status and structure. Women of wealth‚ common white women and enslaved women conducted their lives as an adaptation to domestic sphere and social sphere which influenced their roles. While the cult of domesticity remained intact‚ the role of southern women differed drastically among social classes. From organizing and hosting large gatherings to long hours
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The Elizabethan Era was from 1558 through 1603‚ and it was also mentioned as the Golden Age. It was the time of the Renaissance when Shakespeare lived. The Elizabethan Era was named after Queen Elizabeth I. Elizabeth I became the Queen of England six years before Shakespeare’s birth. Important dates and details effected the Elizabethans in everyday life. The Elizabethan Era was also known as violent times because all the punishments were so severe it could most likely cause death. The Elizabethans
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Throughout the time period of the Progressive era‚ there were numerous issues in race equality‚ the distribution of wealth‚ and the corruption of the government. These issues killed people‚ sent people into a life of hardship‚ and crippled the integrity of the politician and business owner. While some of these issues were addressed‚ they were not eradicated. While slavery was ended‚ there was still harsh racial tension in some areas and in the south where segregation or the ideology of equal
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Racism emerged during the revolutionary era. The first impressions of Africans‚ the desire for social order‚ and the degradation of black people were all building blocks for racism during the revolutionary era. White Americans‚ mostly in the North‚ realized that while they were fighting for their freedom‚ they were holding a group of people in bondage. Some also noticed there was color problem on their hands during the 1760s and 1770s. The complexion of slaves became‚ after the fact‚ a reason for
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During the Progressive Era‚ there were many problems politically‚ economically‚ and socially. These problems were not left alone‚ people of all sorts tried to stand up to the wrong during this time period. Laws would be passed‚ protests would take place‚ acts were put in place‚ and more. Despite all of this activity to solve the Progressive Era’s problems‚ they were only weakened. The Progressive Era had many immigrants come to America searching for a better life. Though the life conditions that
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During Progressive era a lot of people were trying to immigrate into our country. Progressivism began as a social social movement and grew into a political movement‚ started in the 1890s and ended in the 1920s. In the early progressive era people rejected Social Darwinism. People in distant countries used American-made clothes‚ shoes‚ textiles‚ machines‚ steel‚ oil‚ rubber‚ and tools‚ among other finished products. They also ate foods grown in American soil and relied upon America’s iron ore‚ coal
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The Progressive Era lasted from the 1890s to the 1920s focusing on many different issues. During the Progressive Era women played a key part in trying to make changes in their political rights and making advancements in progressivism. “Equal Rights” was not what it seemed to be‚ women of course had their freedom but they necessarily didn’t have the freedom to vote like that of men. There are so many different things that led to women getting involved in the Progressive Era. Before women’s suffrage
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the diets of the past. Such as during the Elizabethan era‚ when there were many plagues that had changed the course of typical diets across Europe and the gap between the different economic classes. The plagues not only heavily influenced the new diets to be established for the different economic classes and meals made for varieties of special occasions but it also helped to steer the population to their new ideologies of common entertainment. During the Elizabethan era the average Elizabethan typically
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During the Gilded Age technological innovation was king and so were the corporations that owned them. These corporations developed into monopolies that ruled over every aspect of the American people’s lives. These trusts owned the businesses‚ owned the money‚ owned the housing and owned most of the government. The Progressive Era was a time when the people and the government tried to rein in these trusts/monopolies and make life better for the American people. This Era focused on economic‚ government
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