Effects Of The Progressive Era

During the Progressive Era, many significant events happened that had a major effect on American society. The Progressive Era lasted from the 1890s to the 1920s and was a period of social activism and political reform. It was also the time of the women's suffrage movement. During the Progressive Era President, William McKinley was assassinated. After he was killed Theodore Roosevelt, his vice president, stepped in. President Roosevelt had progressive ideas and many hopes to reform society. He had a major impact on the Progressive Era. Roosevelt significantly expanded the system of national parks and national forests. He also had a major impact by denouncing the rich, attacking trusts, proposing a welfare state, and supporting labor unions. Then in 1902-1904, Ida M.

Companies employed children to work in worse environments than adults. Companies did this because Children were less likely to fight back and got paid much less than adults. Many of the underage children working did not go to school, which created a cycle of poverty. Their working conditions were so harsh that in 1902-1915 progressive child labor reformers sought to fight back. With the help of the progressive child labor reformers, President Woodrow Wilson signed the Keating-Owen Act banning articles produced by child labor from being sold in interstate commerce. In 1906, The Federal Meat Inspection Act was passed to prevent contaminated or misbranded meat products from being sold as food and to ensure that they were slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions. This was caused by the conditions that people were working in the meat industry. The demand for meat products was rising exponentially and their conditions were worsening. In 1913 two new amendments were added to the United States Constitution. The 16th amendment allows Congress the right to establish Federal income tax. This amendment paved the way for the progressive income