There is no doubt that the transition from Gilded age to Progressive era is not something related to sudden or abruptness. Instead, it is a progressional and evolutionary process. In order to determine the changes and progresses happened during this transition, it is indispensable to understand the true meanings and representations of Gilded age and progressive era separately.
For Gilded age, it is an era of rapid economic and population growth in the United States during the post-Civil War and post-Reconstruction eras of the late 19th century. Specifically, during this period, the industrialization of the United States grew and developed in a dramatically fast rate based on the factories and railroad construction and coal mining. Basically, …show more content…
With the tremendously development of industrialization, the request for labor was also simultaneously grew, especially cheap labor, who would reduce a large amount of expenditure and cost. There were several sources for cheap labors. One is the immigration, which is the main source. Additionally, use of child was also prevalent in 1890 due to the fact that children could just earn half of adult. The racialized labor was also a primary source including African-American and Mexican worker in southwest. During that period, these cheap labors were treated viciously. The working conditions and welfares for labors are indispensably terrible. The capitalism inevitably created class conflict and social inequality between labors and capitals. On that account, during the progressive era, reformers began to pay attention to social inequality and class conflict. Taking Addams as an example, solving the class problem became the preoccupation of her generation. They looked unflinchingly at the social inequality which surrounded them and conditions that thwarted individuals opportunities, and also devised methods and programs they hoped would overcome barriers to individuals opportunity. Moreover, they were trying to secure economic reform and decrease or eliminate the capitalism due the fact that they believed that there was a alternative to capitalism. Furthermore, they …show more content…
From the Gilded age to progressive era, women's suffrage was promoted to bring a "purer" female vote into the arena. Specifically speaking, middle-class women organized on behalf of social reforms across the nation during the Progressive Era. They were specifically concerned about suffrage, school affair and public health. In another word, from the transition of the period, woman’s status on politics had been dramatically
For Gilded age, it is an era of rapid economic and population growth in the United States during the post-Civil War and post-Reconstruction eras of the late 19th century. Specifically, during this period, the industrialization of the United States grew and developed in a dramatically fast rate based on the factories and railroad construction and coal mining. Basically, …show more content…
With the tremendously development of industrialization, the request for labor was also simultaneously grew, especially cheap labor, who would reduce a large amount of expenditure and cost. There were several sources for cheap labors. One is the immigration, which is the main source. Additionally, use of child was also prevalent in 1890 due to the fact that children could just earn half of adult. The racialized labor was also a primary source including African-American and Mexican worker in southwest. During that period, these cheap labors were treated viciously. The working conditions and welfares for labors are indispensably terrible. The capitalism inevitably created class conflict and social inequality between labors and capitals. On that account, during the progressive era, reformers began to pay attention to social inequality and class conflict. Taking Addams as an example, solving the class problem became the preoccupation of her generation. They looked unflinchingly at the social inequality which surrounded them and conditions that thwarted individuals opportunities, and also devised methods and programs they hoped would overcome barriers to individuals opportunity. Moreover, they were trying to secure economic reform and decrease or eliminate the capitalism due the fact that they believed that there was a alternative to capitalism. Furthermore, they …show more content…
From the Gilded age to progressive era, women's suffrage was promoted to bring a "purer" female vote into the arena. Specifically speaking, middle-class women organized on behalf of social reforms across the nation during the Progressive Era. They were specifically concerned about suffrage, school affair and public health. In another word, from the transition of the period, woman’s status on politics had been dramatically