The Progressive Era The decades between 1890 and 1920 was a period of vital reform activity that historians have called, The Progressive Era. In this era millions of Americans organized in voluntary associations to come up with solutions to the many problems. Industrialization, with all its increase in productivity and the number of consumer goods, created unemployment and labor unrest, wasteful use of natural resources and abuses of corporate power. Growing cities added to the problems of …
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…they have not, but any future employment. In conclusion, I think the progressive era provided us with the ground work we needed to right the wrongs in society. We need to keep working on these problems, they will never go away. There is always someone out there who is interest in their own selfish profit. The progressives successfully challenged traditional institutions and approaches to domestic problems. It is up to us to continue this work.