The most important event in the Progressive Era was the implementation of state referendums. Referendums granted power to citizens to control specific aspects of their lives. Furthermore‚ this allowed citizens to be able to take on important issues that would otherwise not be available for decision. Before this‚ only elected officials could vote on issues that faced the state. In the eyes of the reformers of this time period‚ those officials were in the pocket of big business‚ rather than fighting
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Ryan Feldmann U.S History‚ 1st hour 2/21/2013 Leisure activities of the Progressive/Gilded era During 1894‚ through 1915‚ Americans began to have more leisure time than their predecessors.* The main reason for this was industrial employers decreased working hours‚ and cut the work time on Saturdays in half.* Vacations began to be offered to workers as a gift from their employers‚ although most vacations at this time were unpaid. The workers soon became overworked. During the time of shortened
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DBQ During the Progressive Era the American society was evolving; technology‚ businesses and industry were advancing. However many problems rose in America. Many people faced poor working conditions including low pay and dangerous environments. Consumers were becoming aware of the horrors of the food industry. Women were seeking their right to vote‚ and the government was infested with the social elites who controlled industry‚ trusts and monopolies. Progressive reformers worked to improve
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‘“The word “progressive” came into common use around 1910 as a way of describing a broad‚ loosely defined political movement of individuals and groups who hoped to bring about significant change in American social and political life”’. What progressivism was a reform movement that took government action to solve the problems in American life. The work to change many categories like education‚ public health‚ labor‚ economy and etc. “Progressives included forward-looking businesses men who realized
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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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years there are different eras‚ like during the years 1877-1900 we had The Rise of Industrial America which had five sub-eras of events and during the year 1900-1929 we had the Progressive Era to the New Era which had four sub-eras of events. The changes in America were pretty astounding but the focus is the American South. During The Rise of Industrial America there were five sub-eras: Development in the West‚ Populism and Agrarian Discontent‚ The Gilded
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procedures used by the government and other large organizations in order to administer policies and programs. It allows an organization to operate efficiently by dividing labor among employees who are experts at accomplishing specific task. During the Progressive Era before World War I‚ was the true beginning of the federals government growth. In the United States‚ bureaucracy started as a very small collection of individuals.
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The Progressive Era was a time of social activism and political reform for the United States. This era started to bloom in the 1890s‚ and women took this opportunity to push for their rights. Women that took the leap to secure the nineteenth amendment include Elizabeth Cady Stanton‚ Frances E. Willard‚ Margaret Sanger‚ and Carrie Chapman Catt. These brave women made themselves heard‚ when men turned their ears away from them. Although it took these women and many more until 1920 to pass the nineteenth
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the reformers of the Progressive Era and the Federal Government were effective bringing about reform dealing with reforms to improve the social disgrace of the working conditions‚ the enthusiasm to be a nation of self-governed people‚ and the individual interests of presidents despite limitations in the rulings of court cases‚ the application of reforms reached‚ and the varying effectiveness of presidents. Reformers looking to improve the working conditions of the progressive Era made significant headway
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any more laissez-fare officers Well before 1900 and after‚ politicians and writer had began to pin point targets for the progressive attack The social Gospel promoted a brand of progressivism based on Christian based teaching to help get better housing and living conditions for the poor. many women improved the fight for their list of needed reforms The Progressive had their roots with the Green Back labor party and the populist party II. Racking Muck with the Muckrakers Beginning
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