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Pros And Cons Of The Progressive Era

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The Progressive Era was a reform to try and make America a better and safer place to live. The Progressive Era was a political movement that tried to further America’s social and political platforms, ignoring key problems. The Progressive Era changed America for the better and influenced other people to move here, which later became a problem; that’s a story for a different day. During Pres. Roosevelt’s speech in Providence, Rhode Island, he states that the state has the right and duty to control corporations, this made it look like the state had complete control over corporations in which they did not. In the NAACP’s letter to Pres. Wilson, they claim that they protest against the policy of his administration in segregating the colored employees, …show more content…

Roosevelt delivered (doc 2) he is saying that the state has the right and the duty to control and protect corporations in efforts to get the public to trust them showing how the change in how the government wanted to protect the corporations. In the Letter that the NAACP wrote to Wilson, (doc 5), they stated that they were protesting against the policy to segregate colored people showing a continuity in how blacks were seen in the public eye because the government didn’t want to protect them. In the speech delivered by Commissioner James Couzens, (doc 6), he shares that they are finding new ways to better place patrolmen in the needed areas, proving that they are concerned about the well-being of the people showing a change in the way that the government wanted to protect the people. In the flyer that the AISC published “”Wet” or “Dry””,(doc 7), the flyer is clearly an anti-progressive flyer because of the statement printed on the flyer “Shall Mothers and Children be Sacrificed to the Financial Greed of the Liquor Traffic” showing that the people were concerned, relaying the message that the mothers and children are vulnerable showing, and showing a change in the concern of the

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