With the advent of the nineteenth century was the birth of a new era-- the progressivism era, which was a reform movement that swayed across the nation. It was a period of growth that had given a voice to the common man who was lying in the heap of helplessness and misery because of the greed and corruption of a few elite businessmen. The roots of the era can be traced back to the Gilded age in the late 1800s when consolidate corporations, monopolies and industries acquired substantial power, eventually leading to the unrest of the country and the people whose dignity, pride and the expectation of the American dream was snatched away. The progressivism era was the response of the people to such rapid urbanization and industrialization. Progressives
