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    It was important that women get the vote during the Progressive Movement because many strong‚ determined women thought that if females didn’t step up and do something about the problems they were facing‚ they would not feel that they did everything they could to keep themselves and their families safe. I think it helped to get women involved as well because they are typically more sensitive and empathetic than men can be‚ and therefore gave a new perspective and determination for a new breed of

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    to get a paper for hisotry sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo- o yeah anyway nativist sentiment‚ the restriction of immigration and the end of government involvement to promote change in the inner city. Furthermore‚ Progressive reform with regards to labor also ended. Set up the US v. US Steel decisions the government overturned a system of non-intervention with the economic boom led by the Presidents Harding and Coolidge‚ the government of the US went back into a system

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    When progressives began to work for reform at the national level‚ their major goal was government regulation of business. Seeking antitrust laws to eliminate monopolies‚ they also supported lower tariffs‚ a graduated income tax‚ and a system to control currency. They found a spokesperson in President Theodore Roosevelt.Regulation‚ Roosevelt believed‚ was the only way to solve the problems caused by big business. A leading publicist for progressive ideals‚ Roosevelt became known as a trustbuster.

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    tumultuous times of reconstruction and the Civil War‚ but the Progressive Era refined the country with political‚ social and economic reform. Four major sectors of such reform included theory and practice‚ regulating big business‚ organizing the working class‚ and civilizing the city. In the Progressive Era‚ reform Darwinism directly challenged the previous theory of social Darwinism and the inevitability of natural selection; progressives instead ushered in a period of efficiency and rationale. One

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    Throughout U.S. history‚ many changes have occurred nationwide. Government rolls have been modified‚ economic growth and stability has fluctuated‚ and social issues have shifted. One of the most prominent ages where these changes had developed was the Gilded Age. The Gilded Age was a time when government did not interfere with economy and left social issues to American society. One of the most serious social issues took place during the Gilded age was consumer safety. Over time‚ changes were made

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    way‚ and some in an inadequate way. This era was named The Progressive Era. Americans in the first years of the twentieth century felt the newness of their place in history. Looking back on the very late nineteenth century‚ they stressed its chaos: the boom-and-bust cycles of the economy‚ the violent and exploitative aspects of its economy and social life‚ the gulf between its ostentatious new wealth and the lot

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    Theodore Roosevelt was an energetic and progressive President with big goals for our nation. In his “Message to Congress” in 1901‚ he explained the difference between good and bad trusts‚ saying that good trusts were good for the public while bad ones were led by selfish executives (pg. 123). He stated that big business was created naturally‚ and he gave credit to the “captains of industry” who led the nation into an industrial era (pg. 123). Roosevelt warned against hastily striking at big business

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    Progressives Ch.21 The term progressivism is derived from people looking to make progress in the industrial age for the notion of a better life Progressives wanted To limit the power of big business Improve democracy Strengthen social justice Origins of progressivism The era began with a new young president named teddy Roosevelt It ended when public attention was diverted away from social issues with the start of WW1 Attitudes and motives Going into the turn of the century there were

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    The progressive era is the ranging from 1880 to 1920‚ was a well-planned and well-organized movement in the United States having wide as well as diversified goals. Leaders of progressivism movement focused on humanity element and tried to make advancements by promoting liberation to stimulate human force along with exploiting human potential to remove restraints imposed by contemporary liberalization. The three presidents Theodore Roosevelt‚ Howard Taft‚ & Woodrow Wilson worked to advance the progressive

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    Student Mrs. Aars CIS American History 15 March‚ 2013 My Take on the Progressives The common thought about progressivism before the 1950s were that it was a movement by the common people to curb the excessive power of powerful people such as urban bosses‚ corporate moguls‚ and corrupt officials. However‚ when George Mowry wrote his Progressivism: Middle Class Disillusionment‚ he challenged the common idea that the progressives were middle class citizens and instead considered them to be a privileged

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