Chapter 20: The Progressive Era

In chapter 20, America faced the progressive era, so that America could achieve a lot of reformation of organization, women, politic, city government, some ideas, etc. In particular, organization was fundamental element for successful reformation in this era. Since some new technologies like travel and communication encouraged people to organize some groups to protect and develop their certain economic interests. Through this process, the term progressivism which showed anxiety of the urban middle class could appear at government. Women also changed their role markedly. The New Woman arose to enjoy self-determination without interference of men. They usually used abortion to control birth rate, and the mother of birth rate, Margaret Sanger was the spearhead of challenging with limited laws. The women suffrage was also the serious problem to women’s society, but in 1896, four western states gave women the rights to vote. The motivation of woman suffrage also encouraged mass movement.
In the reformation of law, there were some moral reformations. For instance, Alcohol easily became the aim of moral reformation in progressive era, and congress legislated The Mann Act to prohibit prostitution, so that taking a woman from states to states could be illegal act. Racial issues also became trouble especially for African …show more content…
He also established five national parks and wildlife preservation. In order to take panama, he helped Panamanian revolution, and as soon as panama was independent from Colombia, the U.S expanded their diplomatic concession. He also legislated the Roosevelt Corollary to control Central America without interference of Europe. Through him, U.S could have strong influence on Eastern Asia and over the world. Since America experienced progressive era, new patterns appeared in cultural expression such as realism and impressionism through novel or