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Negative Effects Of The Progressive Era

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The progressive era caused the American concepts of freedom to be more centered around the idea of individual economic stability. This would not have came about if there wasn't for some of the negative aspects of life at the time. Big businesses, monopolies and corruption drove the need for americans to band together. This caused the people to seek out a stronger government that would regulate businesses, ensure worker rights, help economic growth and provide economic security for not just the rich. Industrialization created an abundance of wealth in America, and Americans flocked to cities to get their chance of the American dream. This supply of workers combined with the cutthroat developing markets created poor working conditions.

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