progressive era 2
Title: progressive era 2
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progressive era 2
The Progressive Era
The progressive movement began to emerge in the late 1800’s. It was a time for change in America as well as a time for reform. The main beliefs of progressives were social cohesion, organization and efficiency, and antimonopoly (Brinkley 629). They felt that society was definitely capable of improvement. Their main goal was to gain the backing of the government and make it more egalitarian. During this time, presidents such as Theodore Roosevelt, …showed first 75 words of 973 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 973 total…opportunities for everyone was only semi-successful. It paved the way for many women to gain more rights in society and provided minorities with many new opportunities. However, some changes that should have been made were not. Unions were still looked down upon, and people were still getting paid very low wages after working long tedious hours. Despite those flaws, the progressive movement made vast advances in society and has paved the way for future equality.
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