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    The progressive movement started in the United States during the twentieth century‚ at this time America was facing a lot of problems such as corporation and political abuse. Citizens of the United States wanted something to change‚ the citizens wanted a reform to take place and so the political party was formed called “The Progressive Party”. The goal of this party was to beat corruption and stop the political machines from taking power. Theodore Roosevelt was the first Progressive president to

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    women in society‚ racial equality‚ the rights of laborers‚ and the impact immigration‚ as these problems arose people looked to make changes and Progressivism began. The progressive era changed our nation for the better‚ almost ever reform made a great difference in what our nation is now. If I had been alive to be a progressive reformer in the twentieth century I would have wanted to belong to the women’s reform group and live in the city where I could be truly involved in the cause. In the early

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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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    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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    Progressives have always been rather varied‚ they included young female workers‚ corporate reformers‚ as well as segregationists. As stated by Leah S. Glaser‚ “Progressivism‚ a misnomer to some; after all‚ what was necessarily “progressive” about the electric chair or segregation” (Glaser‚ Leah S‚ virginia.edu). Yet segregation was still viewed as progressive and a safety precaution by many progressives in the north and south. As stated by Leah S. Glaser‚ “the reformers responded mostly to the advancement

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    Mythology the Past and Present Nike is the winged goddess of victory according to Greek mythology. She sat at the side of Zeus‚ the ruler of the Olympic pantheon‚ in Olympus. A mystical presence‚ symbolizing victorious encounters‚ Nike presided over history’s earliest battlefields. A Greek would say‚ "When we go to battle and win‚ we say it is Nike." Synonymous with honored conquest‚ Nike is the twentieth century footwear that lifts the world’s greatest athletes to new levels of mastery and achievement

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    The Progressive Era (1895-1920) was a time where the middle and upper class citizens became involved in adjusting the social order and reforming the government in response to the inhumane conditions that resulted from the Industrial Revolution. Reformers sought to not only improve urban conditions but also to reform political systems and improve life for many Americans. (Schultz 2013‚ 335) Many changes had to be made in order to fix the major problems that resulted from the Industrial revolution;

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    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 and social reforms. President Roosevelt endorsed a Square Deal

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    1900s many people rose to the occasion to try and solve and fix the issues and problems. These people in this time span solved many political‚ economical‚ and social problems and in the time where they did became popularly known as the Progressive Era. The Progressive Era had its fair share of problems‚ but some of them would drastically change the course of America’s history. (Dictionary of American History. . Encyclopedia.com. 3 Dec. 2016) Jacob Riis was an 1800s-1900s age photographer with a still-frame

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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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