WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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Andre Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller are sometimes called robber barons.
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Presidents Wilson and Roosevelt were both considered Progressives.
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By the 1920s, women could vote
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The Progressive Movement was an effort to reform (improve) the problems that has come about after the Industrial Revolution.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Progressive Era reformers sought to harness the power of the federal government to eliminate unethical and unfair business practices, reduce corruption, and counteract the negative social effects of industrialization.
Detailed explanation-2: -To revitalize democracy, progressives established direct primary elections, direct election of senators (rather than by state legislatures), initiative and referendum, and women’s suffrage which was promoted to advance democracy and bring a “purer” female vote into the arena.
Detailed explanation-3: -The leaders of the Progressive Era worked on a range of overlapping issues that characterized the time, including labor rights, women’s suffrage, economic reform, environmental protections, and the welfare of the poor, including poor immigrants.
Detailed explanation-4: -Prohibition is one of the most important Progressive Era reform examples. Women Progressives were the driving force behind the temperance movement, which sought the elimination of alcohol use in America. The Anti-Saloon League and the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, for example, opposed alcohol consumption.