2. The progressive era is between the 1890s and 1920s . According to gwu.edu, "Progressivism is the term applied to a variety of responses to the economic and social problems rapid industrialization introduced to America. Progressivism began as a social movement and grew into a political movement." That is why this time period is considered the progressive era.
3. Progressive Era Goals/issues:
- Outlaw the sale of alcohol
- regulate child labor and sweat shops
- scientifically manage natural resources
- insure pure and wholesome water and milk
- women's suffrage
- race equality
4. The thing that each one of these things have in common is that they help different types of people in large ways and has a huge impact on everyday life.
5. Essential Goals worth striving for/ Necessary changes: child labor laws, race equality
Good Goals: Women's suffrage, conservation of natural resources, pure water/milk
Strange Goals: outlaw the sale of alcohol
Not a good Idea: outlaw the sale of alcohol
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