Discussion Board #9
Progressive era is the time period between the 1890s to the 1920s, which followed the Glided Age. This era commenced as a social movement and ended up being a national and political movement. The main objective of progressive era was to eradicate the problem caused by the corruption in the government, unmannered immigration and uncivilized industrialization. Moreover, the main purpose of progressive era was to carry out reforms in terms of country’s development in education, health and other infrastructure. But, the progressive era didn’t succeed in achieving its objective. Progressive era was said to change some of the industrial practice from Glided Age. From glided age, more than 27000 workers died because of the work pressure and heat produced inside the industries. Many of the workers got handicapped because of one mistake of the industry. Since, the beginning of the Glided Age to the end of the progressive era, there were only few companies who were following the safety and environmental law until this law became a constitutional law. As shown in the video, one of the companies which weren’t following the safety rules and risked the life of the workers is McWane. This is the saddest part.