During this time progressives found new modern ways to do things that would take over the old traditions. Civil Rights and Protests The civil rights started in 1955 and ended around 1968. This started because African Americans wanted more equal rights‚ Martin Luther
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The progressive era is a period of reform and a time in which America defined who they were‚ and it played a huge part in shaping America. People from all sorts of different social‚ and racial groups took a stand for what kind of reforms they believed in‚ and once their following grew big enough‚ they were able to be heard. All the historians that I read on each have their own perspective of what they believed to have dominated the progressive era‚ big business‚ feminist movement‚ urban working
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Cole American History I H 4 May 2013 The Progressives DBQ In the Progressive Era of American History‚ a lot changed. There were efforts to alleviate urban blight‚ corruption and economic issues. There were many approaches to this task‚ none of which were entirely successful. Overall they did alleviate many problems‚ but they didn’t effectively stop many of the more critical ones such as hunger‚ and the terrible conditions in tenements. The progressives did help the current situation to a point
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During the Progressive Era from 1900 to1920‚ the reformers and the federal government were very successful in bringing reform at a national level. This reform movement had the most influential reformers and worked more closely with the federal government than any other previous reform movement in American history. Although not every single sect of the progressive movement made significant gains‚ the regulation of corporations‚ the fight against child labor and the rights of women were three
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Theodore Roosevelt was sworn into office in 1901 at a time of social and political change‚ known as the Progressive Era. The progressives wanted to reestablish “old-fashioned values” of real competition‚ hard work‚ and fair play. They felt that they needed to get the “bad people” out of big businesses or government and with doing that eventually the social and economic problems would get better. During Roosevelt’s presidency‚ he wanted to use his power to enforce order. Order on big businesses
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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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thought to be the perfect size for children with small hands and fingers. Unfortunately‚ hands and feet would get caught‚ and children were easily injured. The environment in the factory was unhealthy; sickness from fumes was a norm. Grace Abbot‚ a Progressive Era reformer‚ attempted to pass the first child labor law in 1917 (“Children” 1). Congress struck down this legislation‚
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From the 1890s to the 1920s‚ many citizens of the United States participated in social activism in order to bring about social and political change. “Muckrakers” played an essential role during this Progressive Era. These journalists had the objective of educating the public about issues and persuading more people to fight for reform‚ and they did so by exposing society’s flaws through their work. One of the most key muckrakers at the time was journalist and author Upton Sinclair‚ Jr. He wrote “The
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Year | Progressive Era Chapter 9 Timeline Name of Idea/Event/Law | What Law/Amendment didPurpose of Movement/Organization | 1860 | | | | | | 1870 | Women’s Christian Temperance Union | 1. First organization among women devoted to social reform with a program that "linked the religious and the secular through concerted and far-reaching reform strategies based on applied Christianity." - The purpose of the WCTU was to create a pure world by abstinence‚ purity and evangelical Christianity
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The Progressive Era The Progressive Era had a profound effect on the development of America. During the Gilded Age the government adopted a “hands off” approach which resulted in widespread corruption throughout America. Progressive reforms began to make headway when these issues became uncontrollable. The federal government began to search for a way to mend the complex issues of the day through reforms and amendments‚ while the state level sought its own solutions. This movement enacted many
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