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    The Gilded Age led to progressive reform because the people were tired of the problem taking place in the economy and in their social lives. The people began to find ways to make issues better. This brought the people closer to the progressive age. During the gilded age there was a lot of greedy and funny business going on in the economy. People weren’t really catching on at first but when they did, they formed a social movement which later grew into a political movement. The movement fought…

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    In 2100 there was an overthrow of the US government by a new party that had emerged called the Progressive party. They have their own military and used it to enforce unjust laws among people. The new state was run by oligarchs and unfairly elected officials. The living condition for the common people was awful, there is famine and the air was severely polluted. The Progressive party also closed all of the borders US, there was no contact with the outside world. Their rule for civil society was…

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    Zinn’s interpretation of the progressive era is that he thinks socialism reached its high mark and Foner’s interpretation was he thought that there were more social divisions such as more population and consumer marketplace. Howard Zinn thought they owed largely too many of the problems that was from the rise of the industrial capitalism. Many progressives tried to enact on many of these social issues including Howard Zinn himself. He saw the problem as being started as capitalism itself. Zinn…

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    Legacies of Social Change: 100 Years of the Profession of Social Work in the United States, is a video that tells a story of how the profession of social work began and the continuous change it has made during the past century. The battle for social justice, civil rights, and welfare programs for the poor are expressed and viewed through the minds of social works greatest pioneers. It begins explaining the ethics, struggles, and success, in the journey of social work and how the war on poverty…

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    Progressivism movement gave a social change throughout the nation in the late 1890’s. The fear of big business and corrupted government gave a motive to improve American’s living. It was utilized to cure social issues from industrialization and urbanization and corruptions. In the municipal level the reforms had a system of home rule, by improving society which community services, utilities, public health program, workplace conditions, and tenement rules. On state level reforms involved mayors,…

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    The Populist Movement

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    strial workforce began to become transparent, leading to a push for reforms to fix injustices and restore the economy. The progressives of the early twentieth century took many of the earlier reformer's ideologies, and they transformed these political ideologies into actions. The programs that emerged from the philosophies of the late nineteenth century reformers were the social reform for maltreated populations, the political opposition to big businesses, and the policies implemented for the…

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    Gilded Age Dbq

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    The gilded age lead to progressive reforms by attempting to fix the problems from the gilded age. The gilded age was a time of unregulated business, monopolies, and the abuse of workers. During the gilded age business men got huge profits from the new economy. Powerful people formed trusts to monopolize goods that were in high demand. Like Andrew Carnegie for example he built a giant steel empire. His business increased profits, and also eliminated middle men. And also John D Rockefeller…

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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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    The political wars in the 1700 times, rule over some of the countries, but had less security than the earlier time. Historian Sidney Milkis categorize the success of the original progressive Era as a momentous reconstruction of politic. Political is a description that were equal applied to many of the social movement that gear to better the align America’s political and social order with its ideals of being free, equal, and opportunity for all. The majority parties often ignored social movement…

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    problems. During the Progressive Era, people tried to solve the problems, partially being caused by the rapidly changing political system, through independence groups and calling awareness of the wrongs of society. In the 1900s Progressive Movement, social problems reducing around industrial capitalist costs to go up and profits down. This resulted in decreased wages and increased working hours, which began to result in the poverty which was present during this age. Progressive era reformers…

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