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    The Progressive era and the gilded age In the Gilded age the people of the united state started to grow industries‚ the production was iron and steel and it grow dramatically then a wave of immigrants came to America and started working. But this immigrants didn’t had the right’s to be free in the streets because they were controlled by the police powers this people from the government that want this immigrant to work hard and to work for hours instead of just 5 hours ‚ they had to work days and

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    The Progressive Movement (1900-1920) was basically a reform movement. The movement drew its ideals and inspiration from the writings of Thomas Jefferson and reform groups that had attracted some attention in the 19th Century. The progressives were successful in part because they were able to rally the better part of a generation to their ideas about reform. While not all progressives supported all progressive reforms‚ the basic objectives of the movement included the following: Destruction of the

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    During the Progressive Era‚ the reformers were stricter and did not provide direct help‚ while the reformers in the New Deal were a little more direct in helping Americans. The progressive era policies were more concerned with correcting the society. All three presidents during this time period‚ including Theodore Roosevelt‚ Howard Taft‚ and Woodrow Wilson‚ implemented some progressive reforms. It was the government’s policy to correct social and economic problems as well as to provide assistance

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    The Progressive Era In the early 1900s reformers known as progressives began‚ with it the Progressive Era. This movement wanted to reform the United States by bringing order and efficiency to a country that had been transformed by rapid growth and new technology. The full reformation was not successful passed‚ however‚ they were able to express new idea and solve many problems troubling American society and its people. Much was done by progressives in order to improve the lives of people in America

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    The Progressive Era was a period of time when mass groups of people pushed for major changes. Some became successful while others weren’t. Many different approaches were used to try and change four areas. They were protecting social welfare‚ promoting moral improvement‚ creating economic reform‚ and fostering efficiency. The Progressives believed in four major principles which are demonstrated in the actions they took to support them. One objective the Progressives enforced was protecting social

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    Friday Oct 18th 8:00 AM DUE Youngmin Son How did the Progressive movement successfully improve the lives of the average American between 1890 and 1920? Between 1890 and 1920‚ the progressive movement successfully improved the lives of the average American. The purpose of the progressive was to bring reforms that would correct problems that industrialization and urbanization had created troubling social and political problems. Some problems included women’s right to vote‚ child

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    early 20th century‚ Progressivism changed the role of government drastically. (pg. 777) The Progressive Era was a time of widespread‚ extraordinary “political innovation” and “social activism” that spanned from 1890 to 1920. (pg. 777) Progressives at the time sought to change the U.S. for the better due to the consequences of the urban-industrial revolution that caused a “crisis of democracy.” (pg. 777) Progressive reformers had varied motives and goals‚ such as populism‚ economic depression‚ influential

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    The progressive era was the response of the different groups to the problems caused by industrialization and urbanization. These problems occurred after the Civil War‚ some of these problems included the spread of poverty‚ labor laws‚ women suffrage and reforming the U.S. government. All of these problems resulted in a short-lived era‚ where various reforms and conditions were targeted and improved. People known as Progressives were trying to create change. In this era‚ there were many conditions

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    Progressive Era The progressive leaders led the reform process of the nation’s industrial economy in the early years of the 20th century. Through the antirust acts‚ inspection acts‚ and regulations on trading‚ progressive reformers reshaped the way the economy ran. In a political cartoon by the Washington Post in 1907‚ President Roosevelt is on a dead raccoon with the words “bad trust” shaved into it. The political cartoon does over exaggerate the effectiveness of Roosevelt’s policies regarding

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    During the Progressive Era‚ pressure from labor‚ suffrage‚ and conservation movements profoundly changed the course of American history. Many of the reformers’ ideas clashed with the male-dominated‚ capitalist economic structure present at the turn of the century. Some of the intended reforms opposed the current system‚ but the level of social unrest necessitated change. Businessmen and activists alike initiated the reforms during the Progressive Era. Government‚ due to the intention of calming the

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