The progressive era was a very interesting time for America. It was progressive yet not progressive at the same time. There are two standards that I am comparing. In terms of business, the progressive era meet standards because of booming companies that were making millions of dollars. Now in terms of progressiveness in society, the progressive era failed.
The progressive era was probably one of the best booming business era's in history following right after the gilded age.. The progressive era was the birth of companies such as JP Moran, Standard Oil Company, Carnegie Steel factory, and Pullman Inc. These companies are what brought America into the new age.
Workers during the progressive era were treated very unfairly. Conditions in factories were horrid. Lets take for example the Triangle shirtwaist fire. About one hundred workers died because of unsafe work conditions. The doors in the factory were illegally locked and the workers had no way of getting out and had to jump out the window 9 stories above the ground.
The progressive era wasn't all
Things to consider (choose some, not all!):
* Constitutional Amendments?
* Workers & Working Conditions?
* Imperialism?
* Civil Liberties?
* Conservation?
* Democracy?
* Freedom?
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