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Some reforms made during the progressive era include change in living and working conditions. These changes were due to the muckrakers. The Muckrakers released the issue to the pubic and government. I spread awareness to all f the people and they didn't like what they heard. So the government passed new laws to change the living and working conditions.
It connects to today because it made working a lot safer and more rewarding. It also made living conditions today better so everyone isn't stuck living in one room together. It also changed the way the government works with change not only listening to some of the people but all of the people.

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Some reforms made during the Progressive area include the journalist Ida Tarbell exposing Standard Oil for the monopoly it had over the oil industry and the scummy business practices that it used behind closed doors. Ida Tarbell's investigating eventually lead to a lawsuit being filed against Standard Oil which ended up in the company being broken up into 34 different companies. Another reform that happened during the Progressive Area was the creation of Unions. Unions were organisations that advocated for the rights of workers, for example they advocated for shorter work hours, child labor laws, minimum wage, etc. Unions would also hold strikes yet for a long time they didn't really do all that much to further the cause.
These reforms connect to our lives today because if muckrakers like Ida Tarbell or groups like Unions didn't exist then our country could look very different from how it does today because there wouldn't have been anybody to fight for the issues of the working class.

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The progressive era was a time of boundless social activism and political change across the United States of America that traversed the 1890s to the 1920s. Progressive reformers were commonly working class society ladies or Christian priests. The fundamental targets of the Progressive development were tending to issues brought about by industrialization, urbanization, migration, and political defilement. Muckrakers were also very important during this time. Jacob Riis was a muckraker during this period.  Jacob was a very important journalist and social documentary photographer.

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Reforms made during the progressive era include work conditions and hours also muckrakers were exposing these conditions and factories hiring more women and children so they could pay them less.

The reforms connect to today because we now have safe work conditions, less work hours, and more fair pay,

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Some reforms made during the Progressive Era include progress in living and working conditions. Muckrakers helped to solve these issues by making them known to the public and the government. The people who heard of it obviously didn't like it, so the government made new rules to keep people safe.
Today the government listens not just to investigative journalists like the Muckrakers of the Progressive Era but also every-day people who group together. They use peaceful protests and social media platforms to get the word around and the government hears them. Then changes are made.

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a very important reform fro the progressive era are the muckrakers. there name came from literally raking out all the bad muck that was going on at the time.
they would go around and make lives easier for the hard workers out there. the workers at the time were working in vary bad conditions not making a lot of money. this connect today big time because with out them we wouldn't have some of the laws that we do. for example better working conditions and no child labor.

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Some reforms made during the Progressive Era include muckrakers writing about living conditions & working conditions .

These reforms connect to our lives today because living  conditions are better, and working conditions are better because of the labor movement and unions. 

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Some reforms made during the progressive era were the working conditions and it connects today because there are still unions that fight for people who work.

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Some Reforms made during the progressive era include, "The Jungle" that Upton Sinclair wrote, people were working in a meat factory, they had very bad working conditions and low wages. The meat they were packing was very disgusting,. This was shocked by the public, safety laws were added.

Now today people have better working conditions and better wages. The meat workers pack today aren't gross and they are much cleaner.

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Some reforms made during the Progressive Era include the jungle and how it exposed the meat industries for its unsafe working conditions and rotten meat.

These reforms connect to our lives today because working conditions are now better and the meat is fresher.

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Before the progressive era took effect, the working conditions of factory workers were horrible. Dangerous equipment, threatening materials, low pay, and long hours were just some of the things that the average factory worker was subject to at the time. However, the progressive era would reform these. Unions such as the Knights of labor led strikes that forced factory owners to treat their workers better by giving them better pay, safer environments, shorter hours, and cleaner workplaces. Journalists such as the "Muckrakers" showed the general public what workers had to go through.

To this day, the effects of this era are still felt. The FDA which regulates food quality was created during the era. Factories now have strict safety laws imposed upon them. There are limits on how young one can be to work, and more.

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The Progressive Era was a period in time where people were fighting for changes in society. Many people -working people- would join unions and protest for their rights as workers. Unions such as: Knights of Labor would fight for a shorter-8 hour- work day. The Knights of Labor also fought to get rid of of child labor. The changes that unions made in their time still affect our lives today, for example, there is a minimum wage, so workers can get at least a mildly fair pay for their work. As well as child labor laws, which makes it illegal for children under a certain age to be hired. The shorter 8 hour long work day is still constantly used today, as well as the work free weekends- depending on a person's job.

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Some reforms made during the progressive era were that labor laws changed. As the muckrakers exposed unfair working hours and dangerous jobs and unsanitary working conditions people began to join unions and fight for better pay and working hours. Soon the government started paying attention to the petitioning and all the riots and passed laws like the meat inspection act and things like the AFL were made. Even today people fight for better pay and conditions like when people picketed for a 15 dollar minimum wage which continues to make progress in our society.

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Some reforms that were made during the Progressive Era were removing child labor, making working conditions much safer, increasing low payments for workers, protests and picketing done by unions, and Muckrakers trying to bring awareness to problems in society. For example the book, "The Jungle" written by Upton Sinclair talks about how dangerous meat production factories are to work in, and what they do to their meat before they sell it. This connects to today because we have learned from this era about what makes a place enjoyable to work in, what payments are fair, how long it's acceptable to work, and at what age is acceptable to start working.

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Lots of reforms were made during the Progressive Era but a super important one was the Muckrakers. These people wanted a change and make lives easier for workers. At this time, workers worked in hard and unsafe conditions with very very little pay. Knights of Labor was a big organization that helped with a lot of these problems. This connects to us today because without the Muckrakers, we wouldn't have some of the laws we have today like 8 hour work days, certain working conditions, and no child labor.

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The reforms made during the progressive era were influenced by many different things ranging from muckrakers to unions. One of the biggest influences was the book "The Jungle."  the book, written by Upton Sinclair, described the horrors going on for the workers and the general production of meat going on in the meat factories. This led people to come together and protest for change regarding the safety of meat production. This lead to the creation of the meat inspection act and FDA which are both still in operation today. They are responsible for making sure that food products are safe for consumption and that rules are being followed in the workplaces.

Another major reform made during the progressive era were rules on 8 hour workdays and rules on child labor. Before these reforms were made workers were often employed at low wages working up to 100 hours a week. Children would also be exploited and be forced to work for no pay in very dangerous conditions. After lots of protesting from the knights of labor, and the American Federation of Labor, and just the banding of people in general the government eventually stepped in and made rules regarding these topics.

The reforms connect back to today because without them the way people worked and the conditions they worked in would be a lot different. Not only could you be payed almost not money but you would be forced to work almost 15 hours for the whole week. Children would be employed as well working in extremely dangerous conditions. There would be lots of corruption in the higher ups and no worker would be treated fairly. So with these rules it changed how the workplace was and eventually led to what it is today.

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Some reforms made during the Progressive Era include Muckrakers who wanted to make peoples lives better and easier during this period. They helped people work in better environments and live better. Muckrakers provided detailed, accurate journalistic accounts of the political and economic corruption and social hardships caused by the power of big business in a rapidly industrializing United States. It connects to us today because there are still people that work in bad conditions that are not the best. No one should have to go into working praying that nothing happens to them while they are there whether it be them getting fired or getting injured on the job. There are still people out there that are trying to fix that. It might be people inventing safer equipment or people trying to get others better jobs that have better working conditions. Lots of things have changed in the world but some of the people haven't. And that's what keeps this country going.

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Some reforms made during the Progressive Era include muckrakers. Muckrakers were people who "raked the mud" of the large industries and corruption. They brought light to the horrible working conditions and standards set and caused change that way.

This introduction of the muckrakers caused safer working conditions and better pay as well as health laws to be passed.

This connects to us today because without the introduction of muckrakers, workers would still be working 12 hours a day, every day a week, in terrible working conditions. Alongside that, there would not be any important laws such as food laws or child labor laws.

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Some reforms made during the Progressive Era include Muckrakers which were people who exposed everything that was wrong in society, and Unions which were people who made decisions about conditions affecting work. These reforms connect to our lives today because they made what was wrong right. There’s better working conditions and organizations that help make sure that working conditions are how they should be. People get minimum wage and there’s still some child labor, but it isn’t as bad as it was back then. 

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