Progressive Era Of Industrialization Essay

Industrialization revolutionized the world economy in the United States in the 1800’s. It was the growth of the industry that created problems. A small group of people held the nation’s wealth and the rest of the nation fell into poverty. Workers worked long hours, they worked in dangerous conditions, they were paid poorly, and didn’t know what their future held for them. The skilled workers and peasants were in search of jobs every day. The big corporations had become close allies with the government and while the big corporations grew in the United States, the economy plummeted. The Progressives looked for a remedy to the problems that were created by industrialization and urbanization. The Progressives felt that the economically

They also wanted to change the electoral procedures, they wanted to protect the working people, and minimize the gap between social classes. In the 1890s to the 1910s, the Progressives efforts affected local, state, and national politics. The timeline for the events that took place in this Era went as follows; in 1863, Clevland, Ohio became the nations petroleum refining center. John D. Rockefeller and partner, M. B. Clark financed and joined with chemist Samuel Andrews in starting the oil refining business. In 1865, Chicago’s union stockyard opened. It was one of the city's world-famous wonders and was known for being the largest meatpacking company. In 1875, John Wanamaker opens nation’s first department store in Philadelphia. The Bon Marché in Paris, which began as a small shop. In 1877, San Francisco mob attacks Chinatown Great Railroad Strike. It was a nationwide strike of thousands of railroad workers and labor allies, who protested the growing power of railroad corporations and the steep wage cuts. In 1878, Greenback-Labor Party elects 15 Congressmen. It was known for the expansion of paper money redeemable in gold, and