The years 1890 to 1920 are considered the Progressive Era in United States History. What is meant by such a statement? In addition, describe in some detail four areas of American life that progressives focused their attention on, and, were they able to affect change in these areas?
Write an essay in response to one of the following essay topics / prompts. Your essay should be approximately 1000 to 1200 words give or take a few. 500 words is 1 page single spaced and 2 pages double spaced.
Your essay should directly address the topic.
Your essay must have 4 to 5 specific examples that explain the subject matter.
Your essay should be detailed; it must include proper names and dates.
Your essay should be organized with an introduction, body and conclusion.
The Focus of Reform
– The Northeast, Midwest and Far West – more reform
– The South, Southwest and Plains – slower reform
– Issues ran to economics, politics and social ills
– “Muckrakers” – investigative journalists; Lincoln Steffens; Ida Tarbell;
– “McClures’s” magazine
– Social reform – “people” – Temperance – alcohol reform Immigration reform
– Women’s Issues:
o prostitution (Mann Act of 1910)
o Contraception – Margaret Sanger
o Jane Addams – Hull House (1889)
o Child Labor
o women’s suffrage
– African Americans Efforts and Aspirations
o Booker T. Washington (1856-1915); “The Atlanta Compromise”, 1895
o W.E.B. DuBois (1868-1963); The Niagra Movement, 1905
o The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1909
– Writers, painters, photographers used their works to highlight the plight of the poor and disadvantaged; sought to alert the middle classes to reform
– Labor unrest and union activity
– Socialism
You just follow these prompts here, and you should have a decent essay and write about what the progressive era was in general, this major reform period in American in US history.
– Which is who’s made significance, where the legislative results legislative reform pick four topics, the focus the essay on maybe you want to talk about you know social issues, the issues progressive we’re focused on concerning let’s say women people of color.
– Economic any qualities, you could write about that maybe you want to talk about politics that just state governments like the Wisconsin idea.
– Maybe presidential politics in terms of presidents Theodore Roosevelt William Howard taft or woodrow Wilson some of their successes and failures and so forth, or maybe overall you want to talk about the US Constitution and those three amendments.
– You know the 16th 17th 18th and 19th amendments and why they’re significant right. Those are very important and to talk about the amendment process. They’re all part of the reform period 16th 17th 18th and 19th all passed between 1913 and 1920.