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    the progressive era. Where they changed‚ edited‚ or made rules for education ‚ the environment‚ and for workers . These reforms try and changed the way america worked.and because of the progressive era the U.S. has changed. During the progressive era education laws have changed to better help america’s education for the better. Such as the third reform made for education during the progressive era‚”School is a free requirement for all children‚ regardless of gender or ethnicity‚”(Progressive Era

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    Life before the Progressive Era consisted of a more industrialized America. Along with this came poverty‚ violence‚ and greed. The Progressive Era was an attempt to address these issues that came with the rapid industrialization in the U.S. The people that supported this thought that the problem could be resolved by providing the population with a better education‚ ensuring a safer work environment‚ and a more productive workplace. The Progressive Era changed society by causing more people to

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    There was once a time when I escaped the hustles of the world. I found myself walking alone in a dark and lonely street. Trash was scattered everywhere and the street was filled with rats. I was deeply moved and saddened by the frightful sight. While I was walking down the street‚ I saw a boy. The boy had eyes similar to a jaguar’s but showed signs of depression; he was so thin that his bones were clearly outlined under his skin and his clothes were half torn‚ half worn. I approached the boy and

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    From president Roosevelt becoming a vegetarian to the signing of the Treaty of Versailles‚ the progressive era‚ foreign policy‚ and World War one were major parts of United States history. The progressive movement was caused by labor unions and the presidentsprogressive plans. World War one and Open Door Policy caused the American Foreign Policy. This in many ways helped shape and increase American power in the early 20th Century. The progressive movement was an effort made to help make America

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    US History 11 Progressive Era The early years of the Twentieth Century brought with them major social changes and reforms.  These changes took time and many hours to implement in order to produce beneficial results.  Men and women of the Progressive Era such as Jane Adams‚ Upton Sinclair‚ and Theodore Roosevelt all contributed to this large reform movement in their various ways.  Social critics‚ women’s advancement reformers‚ and even two of our first presidents in the nineteen hundreds contributed

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    The Progressives success in achieving major reform in American Society in 1880 to 1920 was a long hard struggle. They fought for labor rights‚ better working conditions and condensed the monopolies‚ mainly the railroad that strong armed farmers due to unfair shipping costs. They fought for laborers rights to assembly and bargain‚ they gave women the right to vote and created governing bodies that promoted free and open markets as well as health. One downside was prohibition. And actually many progressives

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    Progressive DBQ At the start of the 20th century‚ the United States were experiencing many changes in the ways that their economics and politics operated. After the Civil War‚ Restoration‚ and the Gilded Age‚ the Progressive Era was a time the United States could establish the principles of the country and begin to build what America is today‚. With large monopolies running the nation’s economy‚ such as those run by J.P. Morgan‚ Carnegie‚ Rockefeller‚ and Vanderbilt‚ many people sought Reformation

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    Weather it was expansion of the United States or progressives working to make life better in our country‚ America has always found ways to the best it can be and improve in any way possible. The innovative people of America have helped shape it into what they think would make a better country to be in. The progressive movement involved progressives trying to fix problems created in the gilded age. It seemed as everyone was benefiting from and enjoying the rise of the booming industry‚ but unfortunately

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    The “Progressive Era” of the early twentieth century was a period that experienced a widespread of social and political activism and reform. During this time‚ Progressives sought to terminate industrial and political corruption in order to make the government more efficient‚ safe‚ and honest. They tackled child labor‚ took on the banking system and at the same time‚ the women’s suffrage movement was on the rise. A distinct similarity between Progressives of the early 1900’s and Progressives of today

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    During the period between 1865 and 1914 I believe that the federal 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

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