Jacob Riis

To understand the emergence of the Populists and Progressives, it must be understood why these groups came to be. Increasing industrialization, urbanization and immigration were factors reshaping American society following reconstruction. The emergence of both Populists and Progressives was a response to a growing industrial economy that resulted in disparities between rich and poor, increasing social and political conflict. The solutions of the Populists and Progressives were varied however…

Throughout history, American society has changed immensely. During the late 19th century and early 20th century, American society saw a huge change. These changes were caused by industrialization and urbanization and ultimately generated a series of massive reform movements. These movements, in turn, brought about changes of their own with varying degrees of success. When analyzing both the Progressive Movement and the New Deal, I believe that each reform movement had a greater number of…

Neill-Reynolds’ report was directed toward an audience of big businesses and the government, informing them of the poor working conditions, poor design of buildings, and few effective regulations in the meat-packing industry. Progressive reformer Jacob Riis also illustrated to the public the horror of peoples’ living conditions in his How the Other Half Lives. Muckrakers, reform-favored investigative journalists, would also produce works to gain the attention of higher authorities to illustrate…

Introduction This era was considered as the era of partisanship, this era was also the period of reform. The act of civil service was brought in to bring down the corruption by the government which required the applicants from the jobs of central government to take up the occupation. These years were the turbulent years which saw violence among the labor, increasing tension on the basis of race, military groups formation among the farmers and discontentment among the people who were…