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Today, being progressive means to look forward and work to gain social justice for everyone. This is still relevant because we have a long way to go before everyone is completely equal in society.

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This political cartoon displays the rich strangling the poor working class between low wages and high rent, making it impossible to survive as a worker.

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Teddy Roosevelt passed the Sherman Antitrust act, which prohibited certain business activities and raising of prices. Roosevelt then fires a lawsuit against the company that owned the majority of railroads across the U.S.

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Progressives Push for Environmental Changes.

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Progressives Push for Environmental Changes.

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Progressives believed that improving the environment would improve the people as well. They created parks, civic centers, and improved transportation

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Progressives were strongly against political corruption, and worked to end powerful governments and replace them with officials who would have the common citizen in mind

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Progressives worked to reduce working hours, pass inspection laws, and increase the minimum working age.

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Progressives aimed to protect children's rights by inhibiting workplace's ability to hire children. They also tried to make it mandatory for children to go to school.

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Muckrakers are journalists or producers of other media who's goal is to expose corruption in society.
Jacob Riis: Photographed the crowded and filthy streets as well as tenant houses to expose the poor living conditions of the lower class.
Upton Sinclair: Exposed the meat packing industry for unsanitary working conditions in his novel The Jungle

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Progressives supported women's suffrage, protecting children from extensive labor, and improving working conditions for the middle class