On a federal‚ state and local level‚ progressivism sparked attention in the areas of social welfare‚ moral improvement‚ economic reform and efficiencies in government. Progressives wanted to take control away from the rich‚ improve the lives of the poor and give the middle class a stronger voice. Ultimately‚ it evolved into a reform movement and those leading the cause believed that there were problems that could best be addressed by providing better education‚ a safer environment‚ a more efficient
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Another transformation that happened in the Progressive Era was the status of women. In the late 19th century‚ middle-class women created settlement houses in poor and urban neighborhoods‚ so they could carry out reform work in the surrounding neighborhoods. As these houses grew and evolved‚ settlement house workers started lobbying local‚ state‚ and national governments to pass reform legislation like minimum wage‚ workplace safety standards‚ and sanitation regulations. These settlement houses gave
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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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poor became poorer. The nation had also previously faced a serious recession from 1893-1896‚ and recovery did not actually really begin until 1897. Other factors that occurred during the progressive era: prostitution and alcohol abuse‚ the great railroad strike of 1877‚ and the Homestead Strike. The main progressive leaders‚ such as‚ Theodore Roosevelt‚ William Jennings Bryan‚ and Woodrow Wilson stepped in to make a difference. Theodore Roosevelt claimed he backed up the middle class and showed no
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Imperialism during the Progressive Era Imperialism is defined as the policy of extending a nation’s authority by territorial acquisition or by the establishment of economic and political domination over other nations. Throughout the time period many people considered Imperialism as another way of reform and Progression. Economics‚ the military‚ and the countries nationalism were all ready for the change. This idea of expanding was called the New Manifest Destiny. At this time period‚ Imperialism
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The Progressive Era had four goals‚ to protect social welfare‚ to promote moral improvement‚ to create economic reform‚ and to foster efficiency. The common people were positively impacted by the progressive era. The common people were trust busting to try and get rid of the trust. The Clayton Act strengthened the Sherman Antitrust Act which outlawed unfair business. Theodore Roosevelt and Wilson helped the common people more than taft did. Roosevelt’s meat inspection act inspected the meat to make
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Cole American History I H 4 May 2013 The Progressives DBQ In the Progressive Era of American History‚ a lot changed. There were efforts to alleviate urban blight‚ corruption and economic issues. There were many approaches to this task‚ none of which were entirely successful. Overall they did alleviate many problems‚ but they didn’t effectively stop many of the more critical ones such as hunger‚ and the terrible conditions in tenements. The progressives did help the current situation to a point
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From the late 1800’s to around the 1920’s America was going through the Progressive Era. During the Progressive Era people sought out change in the way workers were treated on the job and as a citizen. There were many reforms trying to improve life for people in the time period. Ending the sales of alcohol was one of the reforms attempting to improve lives of immigrants and poor people. Passing laws controlling child labor and the amount of hours women and children can work has a larger effect on
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One social issue of the Gilded Age and its Progressive Era was that a hefty portion of Twain’s equivalents annoyed with his portrayal of the verifiable. Social Darwinists like William Graham Sumner contemplated that the turbulence and setbacks of financial development were unsuccessful however vital. Advance lay on rivalry; monetary and social advance brought disappointment and also accomplishment. Monetary imbalances were not just inescapable; they were critical to physical advance. Furthermore
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