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    Throughout the Progressive Era‚ the influences and duties of the government drastically changed with New Deal implementations as well as increased social activism and awareness among the public. The Progressive Era served as a period promoting social justice and equality. The movement influenced the government to peruse historical legislation including The Sherman Anti-Trust Act and the influential presidency of Theodore Roosevelt. As history continued government influence in everyday life became

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    The Progressive Era (1900-1917) Who were the progressives and what reforms did they pursue? * To answer this question‚ we must analyze the causes of progressivism * General causes: The 1890s – the 1890s were a cause of Progressivism‚ mainly b/c they sucked. In the 1890s‚ all the tensions built up during industrialization broke loose in the Panic of 1893‚ labor problems‚ political issues‚ and foreign entanglements. * Capitalism out of control – Partially b/c of the depression‚ many

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    Man with the Muck rake seeks material advances by raking filth.  Roosevelt defined this term as "one who inquires into and publishes scandal and allegations of corruption among political and business leaders".   Muckrakers in the Progressive Era‚ a time from 1820 until 1920 when America quickly industrialized‚ pushed for reform and have altered the way we live today.  These reformers brought about the awareness and tackled women’s rights‚ economic concentration‚ corporate power‚ poverty‚ food safety

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    The early twentieth century brought about several progressive ideas for reforms‚ but there was little action upon those ideas. The crime rate did not experience any major change at the start of the new century; the types of crimes and violence level remained mostly unchanged (Oliver & Hilgenberg‚ 2010‚ 213-215). Strained race relations and poverty influenced much of the crime‚ as portrayed in the court case of the State v. John Dobias. One major theme seen within this case is the exploration of gender

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    Favoring or implementing social reform or new‚ liberal ideas is a progressive Ideal. Progressive Ideals have been used all the time throughout history. What makes a progressive‚ is when someone takes their ideas and takes action in trying to make them happen. Two certain people that fall in the categorizes of developing progressive Ideals is‚ muckraker‚ Thomas Nast‚ and cartoonist Dr. Suess. In more than one ways than another‚ both of these people have created a difference in the world in quite similar

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    and early 1900’s‚ the Progressive Era‚ yearned to do their part in earning wages for their families. To overcome the difficulties that came along with reestablishing a social norm‚ women were forced through many hardships to prove that they were able to stand among men as a prominent

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    One hundred years have passed since the Progressive Era of 1900-1916 and although the world has seen remarkable “progress” for certain causes since then‚ there are many issues that still have not been addressed. Change is not immediate and the Progressive Era’s successes were manifestations of problems first addressed years before gaining wide public attention. Similar to the dilemmas faced one hundred years ago‚ we now face a quandary that has been discussed for around two decades: climate change

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    The Progressive Era was one of the most important years in United States History because of the amount of reforms passed. Muckrakers exposed the corruption and the conditions consumer goods were produced‚ also since the working Working Class and the Rich Class were drifting away in the standard of living‚ it was clearly noticeable that the slums were an ugly place. The Progressive Era changed how we live today‚ the reforms passed during that era has made public health better and also how much we

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    In the Progressive Era (1890s-1920s)‚ much reform was underway. Many people wanted to improve the way of life in order to live the American Dream. While these reformers succeeded at the national level in some instances‚ they were not completely unsuccessful in other cases. A case in which reformers succeeded was the Pure Food and Drug Act‚ which improved the quality of food that was served to Americans. The Neill-Reynolds Report describes meat factories at filthy places where meat was prepared poorly

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    Today‚ some may argue that we at the dawn of a new emerging Progressive Era. Most historians cite the Progressive Era as the period between 1890-1920. The United States saw massive industrialization‚ paradigm changing inventions such as electricity‚ the telephone‚ and automobile‚ but also extensive activism in social change and political reform. Walter Lippmann wrote Public Opinion in the twilight of the Progressive Era. In chapters‚ eight and nine‚ Lippmann explores the idea of “progress” in

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