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    The progressive era lasted from the 1890s to the 1920s in American history and was largely founded on the ideals of eliminating corruption in the American government. The methods of doing so were extremely expansive and yet narrow minded at the same time. While the era is called the progressive era, the reality of the period specifically represents a fight against corruption, greed, and injustice. Today, we see these changes in a different light because they have become the norm in most…

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    The Progressive Era (1890s to 1920s) saw the rise of the Progressive movement, a reform movement that arose in response to the negative effects of industrialization; progressive reformers sought to regulate private industry, strengthen protections for workers and consumers, expose corruption in both government and big business, and improve society. On the surface, the Progressive movement was successful because reformers influenced the passage of substantive legislation, however, the tendency of…

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    The Progressive Era The early 20th Century was known as the expansion of business and progressive reform in the United States. During this time period, social activism and political reform in the United States had greatly flourished. The reformers and the federal government were very successful in bringing improvements at a national level. This revolutionary movement had the most influential reformers and worked more closely with the federal government than any other previous reform movement in…

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    The Progressive era was an era of our nation where people wanted to help our nation to be better in order to make society better. This period lasted from 1898-1945. The Progressives were reformers and muckrakers who decided to make society better. The reformers disliked the political machines, which brought about the reform the Progressives made of initiative, Referendum, and Recall. The Progressive Era really starts with the inauguration of Theodore Roosevelt, and ends in 1917 with the start of…

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    The Progressive Era Changes Introduction into industrial society turned out to be very beneficial to the American way of living today, but it had to undergo a series of changes to become the success it is presently. The time period in which these changes in society, economics, and politics were pushed, in hopes to solve the problems created by The Industrial Age, was The Progressive Era. The Progressive Era approached many issues on a large and small scale to create change but did not…

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    Progressive Era reformers and the federal government were able to bring a significant amount of reform during the years of 1900 to 1920. Although mostly conservative, the reforms made during this time period paved the way for future development. The federal government mainly worked on reforms for trusts and child labor laws, while Progressive reformers focused on the rights of the people, specifically women and African Americans. The reforms that were made did not hold a great impact in society,…

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    The Progressive Era was a much needed time of change and reform. Between 1880 and 1920, the Progressive Era reformed current practices and laws for ethical reasons and to appease certain unions creating noise and pressure about controversial issues. During the late 19th early 20th century, there were many civil, political, and health hazardous issues occurring. Many freed slaves at the time were being discriminated against, making life in the south. African Americans, now being considered…

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    American reformers think of themselves as progressive, in fact this was the period that became what was known as the progressive era. With the word progressivism we outline a body of social thought that is not entirely coherent to do with dealing with the process of industrialization in the United States. Its not quite socialism or capitalism its stands right in between the two. The Progressive movement is the whole political idea that tries to gather certain facts behind specific policies which…

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    In order to combat the abuse that workers and consumers were suffering at corporate hands, reformers known as progressives revolutionized American society to improve urban life, expand democracy, and even protect environmental rights. During this time in America right after the Industrial Revolution, there were still many issues that the common people faced every day. Workers were mistreated and underpaid, children were forced to work, trusts and monopolies formed to hold power over the people,…

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    The Progressive Era lasted from 1900 to 1920. It was a time where there was a lot of social activism and political reform in the US. The main goals of the progressive movement were to stop political corruption, stop monopolies from forming, prohibit bad things such as prostitution, gambling, and alcohol and fight for women’s suffrage. The 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th amendments are all results of the success of the progressive era. The “Progressives” were young people who were mostly Protestant,…

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