1900s thru 1930s

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AMERICAN HISTORY

Progressive Era 1920

During this time there were a lot of activities that led to changes that impacted the America country . A political Greenback Labor party of 1870s forced to over power to control inflationary financial systems . A third party , populism after a great influence for 25 years with populist ideas that secured legislation between 1903 and 1906 . This was a period of unrest and reforms (Etulain and Malone 34 . In the 17th Amendment 1913 , there was a direct election

of senators . Early in this progressive era there were initiatives for results and referendum and tackling issues of democracy and enlightenment of human rights issues by activists . A few individuals controlled the and a lot of plutocracy happened . Politics in the municipals could not be controlled and bribes were frequently accepted by officers Immigrants into the United States were mistreated and about a third of them went back to their homes and other countries . Comparing this era to others it had more political power struggles and search for identity

Rural developers migrated to cities for job opportunities and having conditions stated improving due to revolution . Economically postal bank was established and plans for sub treasury instituted in 1916 (Etulain and Malone 114 . Many cities had started offering entertainment and college enrollment increased due to demand for education . Media journalists attempted to highlight and expose corruption in the society and women got involved and had more opportunities for jobs...