Conditions in America
America found in the Progressives a group of people to fight for the ethical and social standards that had been abandoned in the Industrial Revolution.
IndustrialIZation
Industrialization produced the following problems for American society:
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Above; Top Row: [Umbc.edu (1890), Wikimedia (1908), Emails and Backstories.wordpress (late 1800's), Bottom Row: Solpass (late 1800's), Puck (1901), Wikimedia (1906)]
Above; Top Row: [Umbc.edu (1890), Wikimedia (1908), Emails and Backstories.wordpress (late 1800's), Bottom Row: Solpass (late 1800's), Puck (1901), Wikimedia (1906)]
These new issues needed to be solved, but there were no existing laws to deal with them.
"The Industrial Revolution has tended to produce everywhere great urban masses that seem to be increasingly careless of ethical standards."
-Irving Babbit, American literary critic
Progressive Era
In the Progressive Era (~1890-1920) tangible reforms were made to the country.
To create change, Progressives used the following methods:
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Above clockwise; [Nebraska Studies (1890's), Sarah Sheven.blogspot (1900), Wikimedia/Chicago_Meat_Inspection (1906), Round Tree (late 1800's)]
Above clockwise; [Nebraska Studies (1890's), Sarah Sheven.blogspot (1900), Wikimedia/Chicago_Meat_Inspection (1906), Round Tree (late 1800's)]