Essays on The Progressive Era

Progressive is when something is “happening or developing gradually or in stages; proceeding step by step”. During the Progressive Era, there were social reforms, political issues, and a huge increase in immigration. The Progressive Era began in the 1890s and ended around the 1920s. The…

The Progressive Era was a time of development of new reforms and changes in which society was bursting with enthusiasm to change America for good. Before the Progressive Era started, the nation had continued to struggle with issues surrounding basic rights and equality for different…

The Progressive Era is considered as the combination and interaction of a variety of different ideas and activities that emerged during the years of 1890 and 1920 as a consequence for needed new reforms by pressure groups in responding to various social, political, and economic…

The reformers of the Progressive Era were very effective against corrupt companies, monopolies, and bad laws. Under Theodore Roosevelt, the pure food and drug act and the meat inspection act were passed. Under Howard Taft, trusts were prosecuted twice as much. Under Woodrow Wilson, the…

The Progressive Era from 1900-1920 was not effective in bringing about true progressive reforms at the national level because it had been a slow process by the presidents co-opting the ideas of true progressives, limited trust-busting, which led to corporations expanding abroad, and continuous racial…

Social Dynamics and the Role of Women in the Progressive Era The role of women in American society during the Progressive Era years of 1870-1930 changed and expanded significantly. The genesis of this growth can be found as a series of steps of progression women’s…

Howard Zinn, Paul Johnson, and liberalists all have very different views of the Progressive era and its effects on the United States. Johnson, has a very conservative, republican take in which government should stay out and let the businesses, workers, and consumers work things out…