Comparing The Progressive Era To The New Era

After the Civil War, an industrialized United States was witnessed. Countless troubles were observed. The Progressive Era was a time where progressives, anyone who fulfilled improving society, took an active role addressing these issues. Progressivism was not a unified ideology. Progressivism features included regulations, social justice, and prohibition.
Reformers established regulations. Big businesses caused botheration that was driven by industrialization. Andrew Carnegie, an industrialist, delivered concerns regarding unequal distribution of wealth to the poor. In his article, “Gospel of Wealth,” Carnegie shares his belief that the duty of the wealth is to support the poverty-stricken by being a “caretaker for the poor.” Theodore Roosevelt closed down John D. Rockefellers, “Standard Oil” company because it had corrupt ideals. Upton Sinclair’s novel, “The Jungle,” exposed meat factories which proceeded on creating the “Meat …show more content…
An article, “The Progressive Era to the New Era,” displays that “progressives saw the urban poor as objects of social concerns.” Jacob Riis, a muckraker wrote an article, “How the Other Half Lives” to convey awareness about the atrocious conditions immigrants were living under. He created the flashbulb to capture pictures of immigrants living in lodging houses. Josiah Strong, an American protestant viewed immigrants as criminals and filthy since they lived in slums. Riis brought public awareness to the issue with society since these houses were being allowed. A division of society was seen due to William Grahams’ “Social Darwinism” revolutionary theory which was an ideal that if fit to society then one is likely to succeed and if not then they would eventually die off. Christians took social creed to put it among themselves to counter “Social Darwinism” with the “Social Gospel” to take in place what was preached. Progressivists goal was to bring the issue of social concerns to the