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Corruption back in the progressive era is very similar to corruption in the modern day US. Corruption in the progressive era would involve bribery to support a certain party in the electoral vote. Those certain organizations were called "Political Machines." When it comes to doing dirty work, politicians would break rules to win the election. The bosses of these organizations would give bribes like money or jobs to those who supported their agenda. The most known Political Machine was Tammany Hall in New York City. It was under power by William M Tweed. He stole large amounts of money from the city.

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Organizations And People Against Corruption 

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Organizations And People Against Corruption 

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Back in the progressive era, there were only a few select people and organizations that fought against corruption. They included

Direct Primary and

Robert M- La Follette.

Direct Primary was created to allow voters to choose candidates for the parties who ran for election. In 1903, under progressive governor Robert M. La Follette, Wisconsin became the first state to establish a direct Primary.

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Solutions that they created to attempt to stop corruption included the Direct Primary. Which, once again, allowed voters to choose candidates for the parties who ran in the election. They also created three new government reforms. One was initiatives that allowed voters to propose laws. Another was referendums that allowed citizens to vote on the proposed laws and then recalls which allowed people to vote a government official out of office. With these solutions, it created a strong and suitable solution against corruption.

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This issue was important because it led us to where we are today with new ways to stop corruption. It created direct primary which evolved and branched off new solutions to decrease corruption in the states.

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Just like in the progressive era, bribery is a major problem when it comes to corruption now. After Trump's election into office, he has methodically and meticulously purged the department of justice, putting a hold on all foreign corruption cases. He then went on to fire more than a dozen federal agencies and gutted federal ability to fight public corruption. As you can probably see from these few examples, corruption is at an all time high, creating a major issue. Also under Trump's wishes, the Justice Department stepped back its efforts to enforce its anti-corruption plans as well as removed the foreign corruption practices app which bans bribery between two large companies. Essentially enhancing the practice known as political machines which was popular in the progressive era.

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Organizations (Also presented as Reformers) for the country in the 21st century include, The Department of Justice

Office of Inspector General and

The Office of Internal Oversight Services.

As you can see from the differences between the 21st century and the progressive era, there is a wider variety of services that help protect the country from corruption. For the progressive era, there were not as many options and people who protected the country or state from corruption.

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The Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS)

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The Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS)

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Current solutions which help fight against corruption in the country include,

Keeping the public sector honest which entails upholding ethical standards, promoting accountability, and ensuring transparency and,

Strengthen regimes to prevent corruption and bring corrupt actors to justice.

These solutions have not proved to be fool proof on accountability that corruption with foreign bribes is still a major issue. As well as the hold in the federals ability to fight back public corruption due to trump's commands. Though, these solutions are much more efficient than back in the progressive era. There is also more access to more variety of solutions.

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This issue is important because of how Corruption impacts America negatively. Corruption discourages investment which leads to a major decrease in economic growth. This can be seen as a negative trait in Corruption because America revolves around economics and investment.