During the corporation boom, flocks of immigrants came over to the US to work in these harsh working industries. Most of these immigrants came from Eastern Europe and were often in overcrowded cities and which made things worse. I found this sad that they had to work in such harsh conditions when they only came to America to make a better living for themselves and their families. Though the wages of these grew, the average man couldn't make enough labor to support his wife and kids. This is why also during the early 1900's, there were a lot of children working along side their folks as well to help with the family income.
The Progressive Era was in high anticipation because of the diverse array of reform activities of some emphasizing that would need to have the different array of activities to continue their acts. It showed that each time, there would be more of a different continuing acts and they would need to be more of a overall free for all act. Progressives focused on different aspects for the economy, and would try to focus on problems such as child labor, etc. What intrigued me is the fact that child labor was still being passed on, and that there wouldn't be in any harms way if they only addressed the issue properly. Child Labor is so dangerous, and there should be an age limit to what age they are allowed to start working in the factories.
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