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From 1870 to 1915 the United States changed drastically. Huge technological advances and the modern industrial economy changed how everyone lived. Big industry and big cities began to pull people from rural areas. Massive amounts of immigration changed who we were as a society. Powerful industrialists changed how we worked.
From 1870 to 1915 the United States changed drastically. Huge technological advances and the modern industrial economy changed how everyone lived. Big industry and big cities began to pull people from rural areas. Massive amounts of immigration changed who we were as a society. Powerful industrialists changed how we worked.
These rapid changes advanced technology and the economy, but also created problems for many people. The Progressive Era and the struggle to reform our society was a reaction to the rapid change and to the negative impacts of "Big Business".
These rapid changes advanced technology and the economy, but also created problems for many people. The Progressive Era and the struggle to reform our society was a reaction to the rapid change and to the negative impacts of "Big Business".
Reformers wanted the Federal Government to regulate businesses, eliminate corruption and force social change. The fight for the rights of working people, immigrants, and women shaped the Progressive Era.
Reformers wanted the Federal Government to regulate businesses, eliminate corruption and force social change. The fight for the rights of working people, immigrants, and women shaped the Progressive Era.
These reformers did force change, and the changes developed in these years laid the foundation for the 20th Century, in which America became the most powerful nation on earth.
These reformers did force change, and the changes developed in these years laid the foundation for the 20th Century, in which America became the most powerful nation on earth.
How did that change happen?
How did that change happen?
RESEARCH QUESTION:
RESEARCH QUESTION:
How did the progressives solve the social and political challenges created by modernization?
How did the progressives solve the social and political challenges created by modernization?
Modernization in the early 1900s
People moved from mostly living on farms to living in crowded apartment buildings in the city.
People moved from working on their farms to working in factories.
If families needed money, everyone worked, even children.
15 million immigrants arrived in America with aspirations of their own American Dreams
New inventions and new industries made businessmen very, very rich.
Workers worked 12 hours a day, 7 days a week in unsafe and harsh conditions to produce the products people wanted.
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