I very much enjoyed class discussion this morning! Good work!
We have been wrapping up our Gilded Age work in class, and so let's look forward to our Progressives.
Check out the SparkNotes information about the Populists and Progressive Era:
http://www.sparknotes.com/history/american/gildedage/section9.rhtml
The Populist Movement
"The Populist movement arose primarily in response to the 1890 McKinley Tariff, a very high tariff that particularly hurt western and southern farmers who sold their harvests on unprotected markets but were forced to buy expensive manufactured goods. To protest the tariff, these farmers helped vote Republicans out of the House of Representatives in the 1890 congressional elections.
By the time the elections of 1892 rolled around, the Farmers’ Alliance—a quasi-political party that formed in the late 1880s—merged with other liberal Democrats to form the Populist Party. Populists nominated former Greenback Party member James B. Weaver for president and campaigned on a platform of unlimited, cheap silver money pegged at a rate of sixteen ounces of silver to one ounce of gold. Populists also campaigned for government ownership of all railroad and telephone companies, a graduated income tax, direct election of U.S. senators, one-term limits for presidents, immigration restrictions, shorter workdays, and a referendum.
The Progressive Movement
By the dawn of the twentieth century, many Americans felt the need to change the relationship between government and society and address the growing social and political problems. Like the Populists before them, Progressives believed that unregulated capitalism and the urban boom required stronger government supervision and intervention. Specifically, Progressives wanted to regain control of the government from special interests like the railroads and trusts, while further protecting the rights of organized labor, women, blacks, and consumers in general.Unlike the Populist movement, which rose from America’s minority groups, Progressives came primarily from the middle class and constituted a majority of Americans in the Republican and Democratic parties. As a result, reform dominated the first decade of the new century."
Prompt:
"How successful were Progressive reforms during the period 1890 to 1915?" Select one of the following and discuss. If you select an individual, then discuss how she or he responded to the economic and social problems created by industrialization during the early twentieth century.
- Industrial conditions
- Urban life
- Politics
- African Americans
- Women
- Immigration
- Labor
- Trusts
- Conservativism
- State and federal government
- Regulation of business
- Jane Addam
- Andrew Carnegie
- Samuel Gompers
- Robert M. La Follette
- Upton Sinclair
- Theodore Roosevelt
In the 1890 most immigrants to the United States came from England, Germany, Ireland, and Scandinavia. During this time (1850 and 1890) a lot of immigrants came to the United States. Between 1890 and 1920 the number of immigrants coming to the United States increased.Government feared that large groups of immigrants were going to be low-paid workers whom would try to defeat the union's efforts to raise wages.Rapid growth of industry called for more workers therefore immigrants were a choice.
ReplyDeleteImmigants were more of a preference than a choice because buisness owners could get away with paying them even lower wages.
DeleteImmigration caused rapid growth in cities which also meant the expansion of land.
DeleteProgressive reforms were not very successful. Industrial conditions were poor. The work conditions were harsh, the hours were long and the wages were low.
ReplyDeleteImmigration was also considered a progressive reform and brought a growing concept for America during this time.This reform helped america to be what it is now by giving it an economic breakdown.
DeleteDont forget that most of these were kids working.
DeleteThat what the reform was for, to fight for lower wages and working less hours.
DeleteAlso remember the book "the jungle" that we learned in class. They were treated like machines. and the machines werent treated really well.
DeleteThe late 19th century and early 20th century were marked by the Progressive Reform period. During this time, leaders of Progressive reforms aimed to improve American lives by making changes that would influence politics and urban lifestyles. Progressivism generally helped improve the everyday life and reduced corruption within the nation's legislations. During the Progressive Era, President Theodore Roosevelt adapted in 1904 what was known as the Square Deal program. This was the main program that outlined business relationships between the corporate leaders and the industrial workers and that fairness and equality would preside over the connection. However, in order to prevent a communistic society and maintain competition in the economy, Roosevelt did not eliminate all trusts. He declared that there were some “good” trusts, along with the bad ones. The “good” trusts were those that were free from corruption and would generally maintain a fair and just relationship between employer and employee.
ReplyDeleteCarnegie also tried to solve "problems" of the emerging economy by using vertical integration of the steel industry. If this happened each member of the industry produces a different products and combines at the end to satisfy a need. This did work for the steel industry and he thought it would work for others.
DeleteWhich Roosevelt summed up the Progressive/Reform feeling in his "Square Deal" speech - that it was all about morals, not economics.
DeleteProgressive reforms were fairly successful when they came to influencing politics. Progressives attempted to make their government system less corrupt and more equal for all. Progressives strived for the direct election of Senators because it would allow citizens to have more say in their government by choosing their ideal representatives. Also, women's suffrage was attained in several states and the US federal government started charging its citizens an income tax by 1915. Overall, Progressives succeeded in increasing the political power of the country's citizens, especially in women.
ReplyDeleteIn 1890 the national american women suffrage association was formed and started to focus efforts on securing suffrage at state level.
DeleteThe Progressive Movement's greatest success was in winning women the right to vote, granted by the 19th amendment in 1920.
DeleteThis is true. Certain individuals took the liberty in finding a resolution to the unfair treatment by the government, especially to African American women who worked extremely hard to gain their own rights and liberties.
DeleteI agree in this statement in the fact that the progressive reformers during this time were very eager to make a change for the common good as they saw fit, but they most effectively made a change with political power.
DeleteBetween 1890 and 1915, progressive reforms swept the nation, with some leading to improvements for society. One idea of reform was urban living conditions. Cities were constantly growing due to the increasing availability of jobs. This led to a need of lots of housing, quickly.
ReplyDeleteI agree. Also the constant growing cities were caused by the inflation in population caused by immigration.
DeleteUnfortunately, due to the massive increase of the population and not enough housing, there were many citizens living in poverty.
DeleteAlso the immigration led to the major gap between the lower and middle class to the high class.
DeleteTrue, but the negative side of this improvement was the spread of diseases due to some of the unsanitary urban communities.
DeleteAna Mendoza
Perhaps the Progressive's most successful reforms were in politics, due to their own overriding
ReplyDeleteconcern for the system and its relationship with the Progressives themselves. The Progressives wanted a
say in the election of the Senate, a position they had no power over. This urge was partially inspired by the
fear of political machines an dpartially by the desire to choose all of their representatives in Congress, not
simply those who spoke in the House. Because of this, the Progressives pushed for the direct election of
Senators, which allowed citizens more say in the government by choosing the man or woman that represented them.
Another successful reform in politics is women receiving the right to vote
DeleteRobert M. La Follete lead the Wisconsin to a progressive reform and was successful in controlling the corrupted corporations and influenced other states like California and oregon to have dominant control over railroads
ReplyDeleteAlso, His support for progressive reforms, rousing oratory, and frequent clashes with party leaders earned him the nickname "Fighting Bob."
DeleteProgressive reforms during 1890 through 1915 were very successful. One of the main reasons progressive reforms were successful was due to the help from women. Women started to join volunteer organizations to work for reforms. Together they organized to address issues such as healthcare, education, and political corruption. All their efforts led improvements to lives of americans.
ReplyDeleteI agree. Women decided to take part in reform movements in order to better the lives of themselves, their children and Americans. However African American women usually reformed to gain equality for themselves as well and not just the nations. Because there was a lot of racial issues going on at the time, they felt the need to gain respect by reforming and created small organizations in order gain rights in society.
DeleteReforms during the period 1890 to 1915 were not very successfull at all, factory woking conditions only seemed to get worse and Immagration was only increasing.
ReplyDeletei agree that working conditions were hazardous but corruption was brought out to light so america can better it so the progressive reform movements were somewhat successful.
DeleteLabor Unions were the response for improving factory conditions, such as the National Labor Union, which worked for an eight-hour work day and united other Labor Unions.
DeleteDue to this, many groups were created which then broght all these things to light and out to the public.
DeleteThe progressive reform movements were somewhat successful in respect to the urban life conditions. Throughout this time period, there were many attempts to improve some of the everyday life issues one would encounter. These reform movements were very focused on the health and appearance of a city. Some of these included sewage improvements, and pollution affects. Public education was also trying to progress where everyone would have availability to an education. There were organizations and groups ( like the Club Women) who were in charge and planned many of the reform movements. Many fought to improve sanitation, education, labor conditions and many other issues already stated. Although not every movement was completely successful, many improved with time to make the social and urban life better for all.
ReplyDeleteProgressive movements were fairly successful because it did equalize the relationship of government and society, however it did not address racial issues.
ReplyDeleteAndrew Carnegie dominated the steel industry and built his wealth with monopolistic operations,and giving his workers the lowest possible wages. He strongly believed in Social Darwism and the Gospel of Wealth. He responded with these believes; he believed that society would pick the most talented to get the wealth and that smart and hard working would succeed. Even though he believe this he did give back to the community and used some of his money on them but his beliefs stayed strong and that is why he paid his workers with low wages.
I agree, the people whom became rich were all picked leaving others at a disadvantage. Making the rich richer and the poor received little help.
DeleteWhile racial issues may not have been addressed as much, many of the industrial issues such as monopolies and poor working conditions were addressed and improved.
DeleteA succesful reform during the Progressive Era was industrial conditions. It passed regulation on meat-packaging factories for safety. As well as regulation on pharmaceutical drugs. It also passed anti-trust laws. Lowered tariffs on imports. improved working conditions.
ReplyDeleteIn the progressive era, working conditions were being somewhat improved. There were still many things progressing slowly. For example, many of the inventions that were suppose to help were actually making the conditions worse. Lightbulbs were suppose to help the workers but ended up adding more hours to the workers. Like any other thing, the industrial conditions still had pros/cons.
DeleteThis helped out living conditions in America
DeleteProgressive reforms during the period of 1890 to 1915 were good because of Theodore Roosevelt.Which made the Progressive party possibe to the social workers because of Roosevelt's bolt from the Rupublican convention.Therefore, the Progressive party seemed to be the turning point to struggle of social justice and also stood for social reform.There was also Roosevelt's speech "Square Deal" that was not about econimics but of the cheated poor on chances ,and millions of Americans from all areas of society could understand and respond to.
ReplyDeleteThat is good but don't forget about President Theodore Roosevelt's trust busting that got rid of the northwest railroad company.
DeleteJane Addam was one of the founders for the Hull House in 1889. The Hull House was created to offer help for women. At first it involved day care, libraries, classes, and an employment bureau. By the second year the house was serving thousands of people per week. They helped many women during the progressive era. These women had jobs and children and needed help. Jane Addam with the help of other women made sure these working women had everything they need in order to keep working.
ReplyDeleteDuring the Progressive Era Theodore Roosevelt shared some of the same views as the middle class.He believed that only a stron national government could prevent the large corporations from doing harm. TR also saw the large corporations as necessary even though they represented the concentration of power in few hands.
ReplyDeleteI agree, Theodore Roosevelt was a Trust Buster- he separated the good trust from the bad. The trust was a necessity but the bad trust reduced competition.
DeleteI agree with you both in my opinion Theodore roosevelt had a great impact on the nation during this time period
Delete"Trust Buster" TR craked down on trusts I agree that he viewd monopolies as a crux for america but companies in general were an economic boost.
DeleteBetween 1890 and 1915, progressive reforms were somewhat effective becasue some failed and others did very well in reaching their goals. For example, the Populist Movement was not a great success because its constituents were mostly poor farmers whose daily struggle for survival to make a living made political activity difficult. However, before dissapating it was able to raise the possibility of reform through government and ecouraging others to seek change through political action. In the other hand, building on Populim's achievements and adopting some of its goals, the Progressives came to dominate the first two decades of 20th century American politics. The Progressives were urban, middle-class reformers who wanted to increase the role of gov't in reform while maintaining a capitalist economy. Wisconsin governor Robert La Follette led the way for many Progressivestate leaders. Under his leadership Wisconsin implemented plans for direct primary elections, progressive taxation, and rail regulation. Many states extended greater power by adopting the ballot initiative, through which the voters could propose new laws; the referendum, which allowed the public to vote on new laws; amd the recall election, which gave voters the power to remove officials from office before their terms expire. These and many other goals were achieve until the end of the Progressive Movement.
ReplyDeleteThe progressive reforms were somewhat successful towards the industrial conditions. During the creation of strong labor unions for example the Knights of Labor and the America along with the Federation of Labor the unions were striving for higher pay for minimum wages and to work shorter days and to also get rid of child labor. Also during the reforms since the women were always at home they felt the need to have rights of their own which meant the right to expand their right to voter and try to make the world a safer for democracy.
ReplyDeleteUnions when were finally aloud instead of the companies making the workers sign contracts forbidding strikes and labor unions did help the working class a lot. The answer to all their problems was to stand up for their rights and these unions did just that.
DeleteProgressives even succeeded in creating early forms of social security and workers' compensation in the 1910's. These programs were intended to provide relief for the elderly poor and settle workers' lawsuits for injuries while on their employer's worksite.
DeleteProgressive reforms between the years 1890-1915 were successful in terms of industrial conditions. Products were not manufactured only to the consumer, but also to other producers. Now there was high quality steel being sold to railroad companies and plow machines being sold to farmers. More factories and the agricultural market saw in increase in productivity due to more capital goods. This time period also saw the introduction of the assembly line, such as Henry Ford's automotive one in 1913. Workers now had one specific task in the process of building a product, and they did not require much experience before starting on the job. They would learn to be efficient as they gained experience while working. There was now increased efficiency in production, there were less defective parts in the product. Money was saved and revenue increased.
ReplyDeleteImmigration really hindered progressive movements during this period because while workers or the poor class was trying to stand up for their rights to better wages and working conditions you had Irish immigrants coming in willing to do the work for any pay and settled for the bad working conditions because they were just happy to have the job. Also during this period there was laws forbidding strikes and wasn't until later that unions were aloud. Employers took advantage of immigration and laws forbidding strikes a lot. They made sure they got the most profit as possible from their products including food not really caring if it harmed the consuming public. With the invention of the light bulb only came a night shift instead of progressive movement. Like this invention many others were exploited as much as possible for profit and used in indirect ways against the poor working class.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you. Immigrants indeed came and took over the jobs that were taking by people already, even if those jobs paid small.
DeleteProgressive Movements helped improved Industrial Conditions greatly. In the early 1900's, working conditions were horrible. Workers had low wages, they worked long hours, and workers were constantly injured or killed in the working environment. Injuries and death were mainly caused because of the unsafe use of machinery. This then led to the establishment of Labor Unions and the National Labor Union, which pushed for an eight-hour working day and the unification of other Labor Unions. Therefore attempts for better working conditions were successful.
ReplyDeleteYes, attempts to improve working conditions were successful because writes like Sinclair, victimize the workers and show the conditions as inhumane. Attempts were more successful because Americans were able to connect with the worker through novels like The Jungle to make the worker's REAL, not just some random person who no ones cares to listen to their life story.
Delete\The late 1800s, a lot of immigrants came into the United States. Some from England and Ireland, and even some from China. Big businesses LOVED immigrants. They found that with using immigrants, they would work whatever the wage was. And they thought that was the best thing since sliced bread. Although the business flourished, a lot of people in the middle and lower classes did not have a good life.
ReplyDeleteI agree the laborers did nit have a good life. due to the amount of immagrants willing to work the pay rate was low. not allowing the laborers enough to make a living and often times putting Lives in danger.
DeleteThe progressive era seemed to better all factors except the way African Americans were being treated. Although slavery was already abolished, they were still being treated wrong, there was a lot of racism and still, people were against them getting a proper education. That is why people such as Booker T Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois wrote pieces about education and equality around that period of time.
ReplyDeleteYes, they wanted to show people that they wanted equality, they were very straight forward, and told what they wanted.
DeleteI agree with cindy, it wasnt fair that even though the law was abolish african americans were still being treated inferior.
DeleteUrban Life Conditions was one of the reforms that helped society improved their everyday lives. Do to rapid industrialization and the availability of jobs cities grew in and out. The need of housing also grew quickly. Many were built cheaply and many end up turning to slums and tenements. Crime was common on these places. Families were cramped up into small buildings which most were unsanitary. These poor living conditions allowed for disease to spread quickly .But as industrialization advanced improvement of housing did too. The upper classes began to move out of the cities since the new transportation technology allow easy and rapid access to the cities . This left new space available for the middle and lower classes . Slowly the urban life conditions rised .
ReplyDeleteImmigrants came to America to seek a new way of life. They brought along a greater form of labor and a different view in society. They were often treated like dogs due to the fact that they would work just to scrape by at any cost.Most of this reforms success just benefited those seeking labor for a cheap price.
ReplyDeleteImmigrants weren't the only ones who accepted little pay. Many people were very poor and only managed to survive by sending everyone in the family to factories, even the children.
Deletethe progressive era was successful because Robert M. La Follet was the most important and recognized leader of the opposition to the growing dominance of corporations over the Government. he was a vocal opponent of railroad trusts, World War I, and the League of Nations
ReplyDeletethe conditions in which people Lu ed were atrocious. many people labored for hours and barely making a dollar. not only were unfair wages an issue but the fact that the work place was not safe. people suffered losses due to the lack of safety when dealing with machinery. even little kids were put to work as soon as they were able to. these events led to the rise of the national labor union. this intended on gathering other laborers and push for 8 hours worth of work and also helped with labor reforms. the out comes were some what successful but did nit overall fulfill the desire of all laborers.
ReplyDeleteMinions, you have posted some good information, but at this point in the year, must you copy word for word from the Internet and your materials?? Read the information, think about it, and put it in your own words. Make it your own. It's very disrespectful to the historians and scholars who DO the actual research and work for a living.
ReplyDeleteLiterature exist as pieces of written work that are read by many individuals and offer the reader an opportunity to form their own interpretation of what is happening in the piece. When a written work gives insight as to what is happening in the real world around us, it can create a sense of uncertainty about the life we live in. Upton Sinclair writes about the awful truth surrounding the factory worker during the era of extreme urbanization, the Gilded Age. The story offers no resolution to the problems of the family; the reader, Americans of the age, are left disgusted with reality. The piece itself may seem pessimistic about the worker's life, but often times, pessimism can result in a strong urge to change the truth before the damage becomes irreversible. Therefore Upton Sinclair's novel, The Jungle, serves to make progressive reforms more effective. It offers the dose of reality that pushes Americans, such as those seeking reform in the Worker's conditions, to push harder for action. The novel creates a reaction that makes reform in absolute necessity not an option!
ReplyDeleteDuring the progressive time period, their were many people looking for jobs, that could pay to take care of families. This was a very hard time, especially for poor class people, the Irish immigrants were a major factor of this. These immigrants were willing to work in very horrible conditions for a lower price so the industries were willing to pay them. But soon there came reforms and labor unions that helped with these conditions.
ReplyDeleteThis helped all workers as well as consumers in the factory reforms. Better working conditions meant better products for consumers to buy.
DeleteThe rapid industrialization that swept through America, no one knew how workers should be treated. They worked long hours, including the children who had barely began walking and talking, and left with very little money in their pockets. After a few years of being treated badly, unions began to spring up in order to better the lives of the workers.
ReplyDeleteThe workers had the worst of worst. Like we went over class a while back, many workers(including children) died inside the factories and some people didn't care as long as they could be replaced. The working hours were long and and the introducing of the lightbulb only increased the work over night.
DeleteThe progressive era was not very successful. We can encounter one example with urban living. As new job opportunities reached for eager citizens, the need for more housing was required. The problem was that many families began to cramp up in small homes and buildings that were often not sanitary. Therefore, disease began to spread and affected many.
ReplyDeleteAna Mendoza
Theodore Roosevelt "Trust Buster" responded to the problems caused by big companies in much ways. Economically, Teddy tried to eliminate monopolies for example the Sherman Antitrust act- which prohibited "abusive monopolies." Socially, he protected the American people from foreign countries- often using the threat of military power to shut them (foreign countries) up. Teddy also took Latin America under his wing- he paid off the debts that some South American countries had with other countries such as Britain, France, etc..
ReplyDeletei agree with you raquel because teddy roosevelt was a trust buster because he did agree with bad trust. he was nice when he asked for something but in trusth he had the military there when he didnt get his way.
DeleteReforms during the period 1890 to 1915 were not successfull inside the factories but they were successfull in the eyes of women in the year 1920. In the eyes of men, women, and even children,( whom worked in the factories) woking conditions only seemed to get worse and worse.The work conditions inside were harsh, the hours working were long and the wages seemed to get lower and lower. Immagration only made things worse by taking away jobs many citizens needed and resulted in only an increase in poverty.
ReplyDeleteOne success the Progressive Movements had was in winning women the right to vote.(which was granted by the 19th amendment in 1920)
Progressive reforms were not very successful. Industrial conditions were poor. The work conditions were harsh, the hours were long and the wages were low. Immigration was also considered a progressive reform and brought a growing concept for America during this time.This reform helped america to be what it is now by giving it an economic breakdown.
ReplyDeleteI disagree with you because even though they did have harsh working conditions they did bring aroun the different reform movements to better wages & working conditions. Even though they weren't 100% successful they still had some benefit.
DeleteIndustrial conditions were AWFUL! There were unfair wages; laborers would work long hour days, but barely got anything in return for their day's work. There were dangerous conditions, too. There were thousands of injuries and deaths each year, because of the practice of unsafe machinery. Also, child labor was a problem, too. As soon as a child was able to work a certain part of a machine, they were sent to work in factory where they could die or suffer injuries. As a result to all of these cruel things, labor unions were formed to try and create safer work places. Their attempts to better working conditions were somewhat successful.
ReplyDeleteProgressive reforms were pretty successful for their era. Congress passed laws establishing federal regulation of the meat-packing, drug, and railroad industries, and strengthened anti-trust laws. It also lowered the tariff, established federal control over the banking system, and enacted legislation to improve working condition.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you but you have to also acknowledge that they went through a rough time. They had unfair wages, the work hours were long, and they had to praise at the end of the day. they were just being used for big company money
DeleteI would also have to say that during this time there was harmful outcomes of the Progressive reforms. As Rochelly has said work labor was horrible. "The Jungle" brought into Roosevelt sight that the work conditions were un healthy and the meat was unsanitary. They were being overloaded with work for a very very low pay. Families had just enough to get by.
DeleteRobert M. La Follette is a good example of a leading "Progressive" during this period in time. After elected governor, he was determined to institute reforms against barons, crooked politicians, and interests that seemed corrupt. He opposed the participation of the U.S. in the World War. He fought against it because he thought it was just a scam in order for the United States to make money. He may not have been that successful, but he worked hard to stop the corruption of the government.
ReplyDeleteI do agree that Follette did lead in the Progressive period and his actions were to decrease the corruption in the government.
DeleteUpton Sinclair wrote a fictional novel which sparked one of the biggest, debatable on most important, reforms of the time. His book The Jungle shocked many, including Theodore Roosevelt, when he wrote about working and production conditions in the meat packing factories in early Chicago. Chicago, at this time, was a capitol in America for industry and immigrants who were always fast paced and greedy. The horrifying lack of sanity precautions and cruel working conditions created a demand for inspection and ultimately FDA approval. This positively set the progressive movement into motion, raising the standard of food handling and production higher and lowering the numbers of death from illness and food poisoning in America.
ReplyDeleteThe Meat Inspection Act was also made to make sure that all meat was not contaminated.
DeleteRoosevelt played a huge role in the change regarding politics. He was seen as a "new kind" of president who actually sought to end ccorruption and exploittion of power. During those times congress was the most powerful branch. During his years he spent his presidency trying to make the president the center of political america rather than congress. He also brought into sight, the progressive party spliting republican party. Progressive inspired City manager system of gov't to remove Politics from municipal administration.
ReplyDeleteMuckrakers brought a lot of attention to the wrongs that were being committed during the Progressive Era. They essentially helped point out what should be fixed in the nation. People like Theodore Roosevelt were taking action against all the injustices being committed, passing acts like the Sherman Antitrust Act in hopes to disband monopolies and trusts in areas of industry. However, The success of the Progressive Era owed much to publicity generated by the muckrakers.
ReplyDeleteI agree the muckrakers took part in the success of the Progressive reform. The farmers were one of the main causes of the success as well. The Farmers' Alliance formed their own party! They brought demanded what they wanted and brought this to the attention of the people. They were publically generated as well as the muckrakers.
DeleteTHe progressive era was not very successful, many business owners got away with many things due to the high amount of immigrants that were coming in to the US, which they paid a lot less than the people already living here.
ReplyDeleteAlso, since the economy was in such distress, even children were forced to go out and help provide for the family. They endured awful working conditions, such as long hours, dangerous environmental conditions etc. Industrialization didn't create child labor, but did in fact contribute to the need for child labor reforms.
DeleteThe Progressive Era was not as successful as desired. It was quite corrupt in the society and power was greatly abused in big businesses. Conservationism was not confronted until Roosevelt came into office. Even the working conditions, health codes and education were not confronted much. I see the progressive era as a stepping stone to a better future.
ReplyDeletein my opinion the progresive era was successful, even though not much was done the little things that were done did help.
DeleteI agree, Theodore Roosevelt was one of the few presidents that actually fixed the problems that you had addressed. All the progressive movements were put into consideration when he stepped into office and we gained conservationism.
ReplyDeleteMuckraking journalists gave others information on accidents and unsafe conditions. From 1902 to 1907 The Factory Inspector, unofficial journal of the International Association of Factory Inspectors, regularly published accounts gathered by state labor bureaus of industrial accidents.Safety quickly found a leading place in the corporate agenda. In 1906, company safety officials began meeting annually at U.S. Steel headquarters in New York. This led to the creation in 1908 of a company‑wide Central Committee of Safety with a strong mandate from company president Elbridge Gary to bring about improved conditions and bring down accident rates. The committee had the power to set safety rules for the plants, perform inspections, and advise plant managers of new safety devices and methods. Local plant safety committees carried these duties out. Backing up this committee, U.S. Steel spent about $750,000 a year on safety improvements. It sought to include the latest safety features in all new plant and equipment and encouraged suppliers of machinery to keep it informed of any new devices or safety features that came along.
ReplyDeleteAlthough the Progressive era was not as successful as the government thought it would be. One of the most successful of the leaders had to be Teddy roosevelt. He brought to the nations awareness that there are two types of trust: Good and Bad. He eliminated over 40 coorpirations who had ties to bad trusts.
ReplyDeleteThough i might agree with you on ONE of the accomplishments of the Progressive era that does not substitute for the MANY failures that came because of this. You should have talked about all the bad that also came during this era.
DeleteThe actual success in regards to the progressive reforms undertaking urban life condition could be debated. Jobs opportunities kept becoming available, thus the population near the occupations kept increasing, needing lots of housing immediately. Of course, fast built, they were built cheaply becoming more like slums and an unsafe environment. Disease resided in those buildings housing many crammed families in small places. Due to the industrial revolution, city housing improved. Since the rich could move out of the city and travel back with the benefits of having cars, more poor people moved in.
ReplyDeleteThe Progressive reform was a success. The reform helped in seeing the creation of labor unions like The Knights of Labor and The American Federation of Labor.Before the Civil War, American production was confined to producing things that the consumer would buy. A boom in heavy industry came after the war. Industries started producing and selling higher quality steel to railroad companiesand plow machinery to farmers. With this revolution came a need to maximize the efficiency of the business, which started the beginning of the assembly line. This boosted the economy and helped our neighbors as well.
ReplyDeleteEven though the progressive reforms did help out with reforms during this time period, like helping womans suffrage, creating labor laws for children, creating laws that helped benefit the health of others, I do not believe that the Progressive reforms did a very good jobs. Though all this may sound great many bad things arose out of the ground because of this. Riots, KKK, Assasinations, people got tired of it and i dont think it was a very good job by the progressive reforms.
ReplyDeleteAlthough the crimes that were commited after these times were terrible and cruel, the progressive were doing a good job. The people that were apart of these crimes could not accept change, change was the worst thing to them. You can still see stuff like this in our times, although you don't see them in the neews you can see that killings and Associations such as the KKK are still active! most try to ignore but the truth is that our government still needs major changes.
DeleteThe progressive reforms were not as affective as people thought were. One problem with them was how they let the working conditions continue without not change for a period of time. The workers had to indure the fowl oder coming from the food and the disgust images they saw everyday. People became ill and even died on the job but what was worse was body parts where mixed in with the meat. The same food produced was being eaten by people outside the factories. No person should have gone through those long hours with so much mess in their lives.
ReplyDeletethe progressive reform era was successful because of theodore roosvelt aka teddy roosevelt. theodore roosvelt brought the progressive era when he was president. he would bring down bad trust because it would impact the goverment. he also reacted badly to a book that was supposly fiction. the joungle book was exolaining how life in the factory was for many people. he when into factories t see if it was true and it was. he made it that childern where not allowed to work but instead go to school and get an education.the progressve era was succesuful because of teddy roosevelt
ReplyDeletePrgressives were very successful. Theodore Roosevelt established the Pure Drug and Food Act (later called the Food and Drug Administration) and the Meat Inspections act to improve labor conditions. The conditions of factories were not healthy and were very dangerous and the reforms were successful in changing this.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion i believe that the progressives were sucessful working conditions in factories changed and new laws and rights that protected peope and their health were established.
ReplyDeleteI agree and also workers argued for a better working wage.
DeleteNew laws and rights were also made for the young children which enabled them to continue working in the factories until a certain age.
DeleteWomen in the period of 1890 through 1915 were just starting to want to get their rights. This was especially for African American women because of the Iowa Suffrage. This was a point in time when women were serious about their rights and formed the National American Women Suffrage Association.
ReplyDeleteWomen had wanted to be equal for quite some time before this but during this time they were being more verbal of it and out in the streets demonstrating it.
DeleteNot all women believed in equality for the sexes. Women who upheld traditional gender roles argued that politics were improper for women.
DeleteProgressive reforms were quite successful when reguarding industrial conditions. They helped make the working enviroment a safee and more hygenic place. There wasnt as much worry of harm and being under paid after some of the reforms occured.
ReplyDeleteThat's true, and with the lowered tariffs making people able to buy the items they needed more cheaply.
DeleteIt also helped the workers get fair wages. They weren't getting paid as much as they were supposed to
DeleteThe Progressives were successful in the improvement in the Industrial Conditions in which many Americans needed. While new innovations to Industrial machinery was created many workers labor was decreased due to the improvements to the conditions in which they were in.
ReplyDeleteI disagree willy because you said there wages were decreased and also there working conditions were not improved for a long time.
DeleteI agree that labor did decrease because of the new things that had been made to improve workers jobs.
DeleteProgressive reforms were successful in improving urban life by the different laws that were passed regulating the minimum sanitary and minimum working conditions. Urban life was significantly improved in that the food they were eating wasn't full of rotten food, rat, or even human. And the jobs that were made safer made people able to work more, without the danger of death.
ReplyDeleteDuring these times immagration was a big problem that was growing for the U.S.. They feared that while more immagrants coming in from all these other countries such as Scandinavia, Ireland, England and even Germany, they were getting most jobs. They did because they performed work faster and cheaper, which were business' owners perfect workers.
ReplyDeleteDuring the reform movement which wasn't very successful lots of the citizens were working in factories. In the factory the conditions were ruff, it was very dangerous, the workers worked long hours will low wages and let not forget some of the workers were young kids.
ReplyDeleteThe Progressive reforms during the period 1890 to 1915 were successful because of the taking down of the untrustworthy monopolies created within that time period. The trusts within the regulation of businesses were broken due to 26th President Theodore Roosevelt. President Roosevelt’s first trust busting occurred when he broke up one of the largest monopolies, the Northern Securities Company ran by J.P. Morgan, James Hill, Rockefeller and others. Afterwards, he continued to bust trusts and ended up breaking over 40 trusts between monopolized companies.
ReplyDeleteThe Progressives were successful in their bettering of industrial working conditions, through bills that were passed by Theodore Roosevelt. Which was an affect from reading The Jungle by Upton Sinclair, that depicted some of the factory condition.
ReplyDeleteDuring the Progressive era, the United States had difficulty absorbing the immigrants. Most of the immigrants chose to settle in American cities, where jobs were located. As a result, the cities became ever more crowded. In addition, city services often failed to keep up with the flow of newcomers. Most of the immigrants did find jobs, although they often worked in jobs that most native-born Americans wouldn't take.
ReplyDeleteUrban Life. At the national level, Congress passed laws establishing federal regulation of the meat-packing, drug, and railroad industries, and strengthened anti-trust laws. It also lowered the tariff, established federal control over the banking system, and enacted legislation to improve working condition.
ReplyDeleteThe Progressive Era actually did a good job dealing with the labor working conditions. Many children were working at factoriesinstead of getting an education. Many wokers weren't getting paid enough and weren't being treated fair. Because of this the American Federation of Labor was created and helped workers get fair wages and suitable work conditions
ReplyDeleteWhile some aspects of Industrial conditions were changed, so that workers wouldn't have had such difficulties while working. This also brought about the idea of having a more safe working environment for workers. This caused less fatalities to occur while the usage of machinery and other tools.
ReplyDeleteThe progressive were somewhat successful in giving women rights. women and women's organizations not only worked to gain the right to vote, they also worked for broad-based economic and political equality and for social reforms.Between 1880 and 1910, the number of women employed in the United States increased from 2.6 million to 7.8 million. Eventhough women in America were being imployed more, the highere paying jobs were still being given to men.
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