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What was the cause of urban reform during the Progressive Era?
As the promise of jobs and higher wages attracted more and more people into the cities, the U.S. began to shift to a nation of city dwellers. By 1900, 30 million people, or 30 percent of the total population, lived in cities.
Progressives were interested in establishing a more transparent and accountable government which would work to improve U.S. society. These reformers favored such policies as civil service reform, food safety laws, and increased political rights for women and U.S. workers.
What laws were passed to improve working conditions Progressive Era?
At the state level, Progressives enacted minimum wage laws for women workers, instituted industrial accident insurance, restricted child labor, and improved factory regulation.
What was the goal of the Progressive Movement?
What were the four goals that various progressive reform movements struggled to achieve? 1. Protecting social welfare. 2. Economic reforms. 3. Economic efficiency. 4. Promoting moral improvement. What kind of state labor laws resulted from progressives’ lobbying to protect workers? How did government change during the Progressive Era?
What was the continent like in the Progressive Era?
The continent was peopled; the frontier was disappearing. A small, former struggling republic had become a world power. In the passage, Winston Churchill attempts to explain what prompted Progressive Era reformers. The passage explains the actions of which of the following labor reform leaders?
Why did Taft lose the support of the Progressive Party?
Taft appeared to enter his term as a president with every intention of carrying the policies introduced by Roosevelt , Taft broke up nearly twice as many trusts as Roosevelt had . Tafts lack of ideological passion interpretation of presidential power would cause him to lose the support of progressives within his own party.
How did laws change in the United States?
-Locally, power of mayors and town administrators/managers was re-allotted. -On the state level, laws were passed to adjust regulation on railroads, mines, mills, telephone companies, and other large businesses. -Railroad rates were adjusted and child labor hours were lessened and eventually eliminated.