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    Before the Progressive Era there were several big issues in society. There was poverty‚ greed‚ violence and a division among groups of people such as class‚ race and religion. These issues became extremely overlooked. A group a people called Progressives decided they wanted to better the lives of people and the community around them. They believed that better schools and a better community would help stop some of the poverty and the violence. They also went to great lengths to make sure that the

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    including the Vanderbilts‚ Rockafellers‚ Carnagies‚ and etc. The Progressive Era‚ the response to the Gilded Age and its exploitation‚ was a widespread reform of economics and social and political aspects of America. The movements during the Progressive Era succeeded tremendously‚ in the categories of Presidential leadership‚ political reform‚ business and labor reform and urban and social reform. Muckrakers were the first of the Progressives‚ average citizens pushing for change to better the American

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    The late 19th century to early 20th century buzzed with new ideologies and ambitions. Followed by the gilded age in the 1980s‚ a period where powerful monopolies dominated the economy‚ the progressive era ushered in a period of reforms. Fueled by the flaws run by the laissez-faire economy‚ people start advocating for changes in society. Muckrakers such as Upton Sinclair‚ the writer of The Jungle; Jacob Riis‚ the writer How the Other Half Lives; and Ida Tarbell‚ who wrote about the oil industry all

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    Without some of the most famous muckrakers of the progressive era pushing the envelope of investigative journalism‚ legislation within the workplace would be dangerously underutilized. Fiscally committed and morally selective industrialists thought very little of the welfare of their workers‚ unless it happened to interfere with the progression of monopolies. Muckrakers of the early twentieth century sought to impact the common man‚ which is the heart of all production. The passion and sincerity

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    Progressive Era‚ Industrial City The employers of the industrial city took advantage of the growth of population‚ and exploited the migration of immigrants moving to the cities looking for work‚ along with the fact that there were no regulations to keep the businesses in check at the same time the growth of the city was so fast and the lack of education on sanitation‚ life for the immigrant was dirty and difficult. For example; in New York City 1870-1920‚ population grew from 942‚292 to 5‚620‚040

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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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    government extended freedoms for Americans as groups through the Reconstruction Era‚ the Gilded Age‚ and the Progressive Era each of these are major events in history that had an impact on freedom in the United States. African America slaves‚ immigrants‚ the working class‚ and women are all groups that grained freedom. Overall‚ I think the federal government had an effective protector of freedom. During the Reconstruction Era this was an important time especially for African Americans salves because

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    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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    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 Progressive Era was a huge time period in US history. Many changes had occurred during this time period. Amendments 16-19 were ratified between 1890-1920. WWI comes into play for women’s rights in the early 1900s and child labor drops during the Progressive Era. Iconic people in the time period made impacts to help change America and make it equal for everyone who lived there. The food that was made in the nation from meat shops had been shut down. Monopolies had been taking over the Senate overruling

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