Progressive Era Government Reform

There were similarities between the government reform in the progressive era and the reform made in the great depression is the fact that both governments enforce lows in the free market. In the progressive era present Ted Roosevelt enforced the Sherman Antitrust Act and made big corporation like the railroad company to start to break up and create competition to benefit the workers and consumers. On the other side Hoover also middle in the free market companies business. He made the companies to keep their employee and to keep their wages. Another great depression reform made by Hoover is that he fostered cooperation and business to stabilize prices for their commodities in order to serve the public best interest. Roosevelt had the same broach …show more content…
It illustrated on the importance of fighting poverty through many subprograms like Head Start, Job Corp, and The Model Cities Program. The aim of the great society program is to help the American society to rise up and to be a poverty free society. Moreover, another main target of the great society program is to end racial discrimination. Although there were amendments that give the rights to none-white Americans, yet the low didn’t enforce it. The none-white American are not allowed in their schools. They were required to ride on the back of the bus when using public transportation, and many other examples that shows the racial inequality the American society is living before the great society program. The great society program is controversial subject. When looking at the output of the program we can see that poverty still exist. This remark suggests that the program failed. On the other hand, the progress or the current status of poverty and racial injustice is lower than it was in the beginning of the program. It only needs time due to the big result the program is promising. Using this remark implies the success of the