Problems/Issues During the Progressive Era by Carolyn Thompson Tapp https://padlet.com/carolynt/kfngd41hmqm5 US History Lewis en-us 2019-03-22 17:07:06 UTC 2026-02-11 22:36:05 UTC hello@padlet.com Poor Living and Working Conditions https://padlet.com/carolynt/kfngd41hmqm5/wish/344317752 The lack of rights and opportunity in America caused inequality in the lives of the people of the nation.]]> 2019-03-22 17:20:08 UTC https://padlet.com/carolynt/kfngd41hmqm5/wish/344317752 The State of the Union in 1900 mathildeh2 https://padlet.com/carolynt/kfngd41hmqm5/wish/344318311 Many people had moved to the North and the South between 1800 and 1900.  This had caused many people to look for work and to look for places to buy goods, childcare, hardware, education, etc.]]> 2019-03-22 17:21:29 UTC https://padlet.com/carolynt/kfngd41hmqm5/wish/344318311 Living in Urban Cities https://padlet.com/carolynt/kfngd41hmqm5/wish/344318973 After the 1900's cities began to become more Urban. This allowed for many job opportunities and INFRASTRUCTURE.]]> 2019-03-22 17:23:01 UTC https://padlet.com/carolynt/kfngd41hmqm5/wish/344318973 Problems with the Environment- NO LONG-TERM THINKING peytonmi https://padlet.com/carolynt/kfngd41hmqm5/wish/344319318 Industrialization and urbanization had an impact on the environment in the United States. ]]> 2019-03-22 17:23:43 UTC https://padlet.com/carolynt/kfngd41hmqm5/wish/344319318 Tenements https://padlet.com/carolynt/kfngd41hmqm5/wish/344319615  A tenement is a very very small space where they house up to four families. It was affordable but there were very bad living conditions, Jacob Riis described it as “one or two dark closets, used as bedrooms, with a living room twelve feet by ten” I am guessing there was no electricity, considering they could not pay for it.]]> 2019-03-22 17:24:23 UTC https://padlet.com/carolynt/kfngd41hmqm5/wish/344319615 Logging- peytonmi https://padlet.com/carolynt/kfngd41hmqm5/wish/344319873 People cut down trees to make open areas in forests so farmers could use the land to farm]]> 2019-03-22 17:25:00 UTC https://padlet.com/carolynt/kfngd41hmqm5/wish/344319873 Ranching- peytonmi https://padlet.com/carolynt/kfngd41hmqm5/wish/344319980 Brought in cattle and buffalo to no longer forested areas which would now never grow trees again because they were heavily populated with animals. This resulted in the land being more likely to suffer from erosion.

]]> 2019-03-22 17:25:14 UTC https://padlet.com/carolynt/kfngd41hmqm5/wish/344319980 Mining- peytonmi https://padlet.com/carolynt/kfngd41hmqm5/wish/344320256 Put out chemicals into the air which affected the people living and working near mines. It also ruined the natural soils which were never put back to look like the natural landscape that was once there. 

]]> 2019-03-22 17:25:48 UTC https://padlet.com/carolynt/kfngd41hmqm5/wish/344320256 Social Tensions https://padlet.com/carolynt/kfngd41hmqm5/wish/344320272 The more the economy grew they more expensive housing became making their increased wages meaningless. The poorer African Americans were kept separated from everyone else and rich white people gathered together. There were extremely wealthy sections of cities for upper class families who seperated themselves from the lower class areas which were seen as dirtier.  



]]> 2019-03-22 17:25:50 UTC https://padlet.com/carolynt/kfngd41hmqm5/wish/344320272 Oil drilling- peytonmi https://padlet.com/carolynt/kfngd41hmqm5/wish/344320352 When they started digging for oil in places there were none they would leave the ground unfinished and not like it was before. Also, oil drilling brought in new issues in surrounding cities saying that everything was always grimy and dirty with dust. 

]]> 2019-03-22 17:26:00 UTC https://padlet.com/carolynt/kfngd41hmqm5/wish/344320352 Factors contributing to the Growth of America mathildeh2 https://padlet.com/carolynt/kfngd41hmqm5/wish/344321041 Efficient machines and production methods had made the production of goods easier and quicker to get out to stores and to the public. Mail-catalogs had helped get goods, including hardware and tools, clothes and appliances, etc., out to the public eyes.]]> 2019-03-22 17:27:37 UTC https://padlet.com/carolynt/kfngd41hmqm5/wish/344321041 Life For African Americans https://padlet.com/carolynt/kfngd41hmqm5/wish/344321513 African Americans
mostwere centered around the lower class they were seen as lesser than the rich. Adding on that their people of color made it even harder for them. Many faced racism and violence while struggling to imporve their quality of life. Even after the Civil War ended they struggled for equality and made few gains, especially while being held back by Jim Crow laws. They were targeted and there was much violence towards them.  


]]> 2019-03-22 17:28:04 UTC https://padlet.com/carolynt/kfngd41hmqm5/wish/344321513 Infrastructure https://padlet.com/carolynt/kfngd41hmqm5/wish/344321642 Infrastructure is the physical organization of structures and cities. Since there was Urbanization the cities grew way too fast causing infrastructure to not keep up. ]]> 2019-03-22 17:28:15 UTC https://padlet.com/carolynt/kfngd41hmqm5/wish/344321642 Bribery and Fraud in Politics https://padlet.com/carolynt/kfngd41hmqm5/wish/344321688 The turn of the century brought lots of corruption and there were more and more dishonest politicians and bribery that weakened American Democracy. The power of the American People was still not given to women or anybody other than the Conservative men who cheated their way to success. ]]> 2019-03-22 17:28:22 UTC https://padlet.com/carolynt/kfngd41hmqm5/wish/344321688 Problems In Work Place https://padlet.com/carolynt/kfngd41hmqm5/wish/344322549 Factory jobs were injury-prone. It was very dangerous to work in a factory, but that was where most people had jobs. Factory workers were put into a dull, repetitive, threatening life.]]> 2019-03-22 17:29:22 UTC https://padlet.com/carolynt/kfngd41hmqm5/wish/344322549 Air Pollution from Animals tirzaa1 https://padlet.com/carolynt/kfngd41hmqm5/wish/344322909 The waste of the animals around the center of the industrial area would stay where it was and produced foul stenches.]]> 2019-03-22 17:29:35 UTC https://padlet.com/carolynt/kfngd41hmqm5/wish/344322909 Dangerous Food https://padlet.com/carolynt/kfngd41hmqm5/wish/344323258 I think that it is good that the government regulates what is in everything now, because it is important to know what you are putting into your body. Originally Coca Cola put cocaine in Coke, that led to more people buying it because they started getting addicted to it. I think that it is disgusting that rats used to walk over meat and rat droppings would be scattered over the mean and they would still package it and send it off. I was surprised that cough syrup companies put cocaine, opium, and morphine in their cough syrup just to make more money. They started the addictions a long time ago and they have continued onto now.]]> 2019-03-22 17:29:56 UTC https://padlet.com/carolynt/kfngd41hmqm5/wish/344323258 Political Machines https://padlet.com/carolynt/kfngd41hmqm5/wish/344323961 Political machines were organizations made up by politicians who worked full-time and intended to obtain as much money and power as possible and to keep it. These "machines" tended to join forces to decrease competition and at the same time they did this to get more power within their parties. Although these political machines did not benefit anyone other than the men that they consisted of, they often fed immigrants and gave them help that the national and state governments did not step in and h]]> 2019-03-22 17:30:24 UTC https://padlet.com/carolynt/kfngd41hmqm5/wish/344323961 Life for Women https://padlet.com/carolynt/kfngd41hmqm5/wish/344325210 There was a new trend on the rise of women working outside the home to make money for their families. The economy was so bad that it wans’t just the “mans job” to make money. The inventions of new house-hold appliances like carpet sweepers, gas stoves, and washing machines changed the lives for many middle-class/upper-class women. This made housework easier. It made time spent at the house shorter and gave women more time for education and socializing.  

]]> 2019-03-22 17:31:46 UTC https://padlet.com/carolynt/kfngd41hmqm5/wish/344325210 Air Pollution from Chemicals tirzaa1 https://padlet.com/carolynt/kfngd41hmqm5/wish/344325326 The Factories produced black smoke which made it difficult for people to breathe and the smell from many chemicals and fumes created lots of air pollution. ]]> 2019-03-22 17:32:00 UTC https://padlet.com/carolynt/kfngd41hmqm5/wish/344325326 tenement https://padlet.com/carolynt/kfngd41hmqm5/wish/344325339 2019-03-22 17:32:02 UTC https://padlet.com/carolynt/kfngd41hmqm5/wish/344325339 Life For American Families https://padlet.com/carolynt/kfngd41hmqm5/wish/344325371 Immigrants were treated poorly, many being confined to specific parts of cities because they weren't allowed anywhere else. The chinese were forced to live in China towns. Mexican Immigrants lived in neighborhoods called barrios. African Americans too were usually edged out into a space meant for ]]> 2019-03-22 17:32:07 UTC https://padlet.com/carolynt/kfngd41hmqm5/wish/344325371 Infrastructure https://padlet.com/carolynt/kfngd41hmqm5/wish/344327475 Infrastructure includes all of the necessities that are required for large populations or organizations to operate correctly. The lack of infrastructure meant a lack of roads, sewage and power systems, and transportation. If a city is without these essential facilities and types of equipment, they are more likely to be burdened by many difficulties. For example, poorer neighborhoods that did not have adequate sewage caused them to have an increase in diseases]]> 2019-03-22 17:36:12 UTC https://padlet.com/carolynt/kfngd41hmqm5/wish/344327475 Water Pollution tirzaa1 https://padlet.com/carolynt/kfngd41hmqm5/wish/344327987 As far as water, the sewage was released into many sources/bodies of water contaminating it. ]]> 2019-03-22 17:37:20 UTC https://padlet.com/carolynt/kfngd41hmqm5/wish/344327987 State of the Union 1880 mathildeh2 https://padlet.com/carolynt/kfngd41hmqm5/wish/344328475 2019-03-22 17:38:17 UTC https://padlet.com/carolynt/kfngd41hmqm5/wish/344328475 No laws for regulating the industrial and urban side of the environment- peytonmi https://padlet.com/carolynt/kfngd41hmqm5/wish/344329420 There was no laws because the people making the laws were the same people who were doing things wrong. This was a concern because there was no one thinking about how this was effecting us long term.]]> 2019-03-22 17:40:04 UTC https://padlet.com/carolynt/kfngd41hmqm5/wish/344329420 Corruption https://padlet.com/carolynt/kfngd41hmqm5/wish/344329658 The bosses of the political machines were in control of many city jobs like police and fire department jobs, and they cheated through many ordinary citizens. The machines were also in control of many business and nobody benefitted except the ones that wanted the status quo to remain, and nobody got any power except for the conservative men that ran these machines. ]]> 2019-03-22 17:40:28 UTC https://padlet.com/carolynt/kfngd41hmqm5/wish/344329658