Social And Economic Changes During The Progressive Era

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During the late 17th century, Europe underwent massive changes in many different sects of its world. The Enlightenment, while being only an intellectual and philosophical movement, not only affected those two things, but reformed many parts of Europeans’ lives. Because of this new ideology, there were revolutions, causing political change, new ideas that emphasized learning, art, and music, causing social change, and these same ideas also created new economic changes and policies in countries. Similarly, one main movement led to the various reforms in the Progressive Era. New social, political, and economic trends spurred by the Industrial Revolution pushed progressive reform during the Progressive Era. New social changes spurred by the growth of cities led to the progressive movement. Politics went through large reforms caused by political bosses and other new abuses that came with the industrial age. And thirdly, with the rise of industrial jobs, the …show more content…

During the progressive Era, the politics of America went through reforms caused by different abuses in the political systems of the Industrial age. With the rise of the Industrial age, came a rise of new system abuses such as political bosses, which led to political reforms. One of the main problems that led to political reforms were political bosses, the main type of political abuse system created by the Industrial Revolution. With the Industrial Revolution, immigrants and other people massively flocked to cities in search of new jobs created by the Industrial Revolution. Political bosses used abused these large numbers, by rewarding supporters with jobs and kickbacks, in trade for votes. This abuse was one of the leading factors that showed that government needed reform, leading to political reforms