The events leading up to the reform movement involved the lack of concern given to the poverty stricken citizens in America. The immigrant workers, especially the children, that were forced to work long, strenuous hours for little pay under extremely unhealthy conditions. Document one is an excerpt from a speech given by Senator Elihu Root. Root discusses the reasons why the reform movement began and says "...the new conditions {growing from} the...industrial development of the last half-century are continuously and progressively demanding the readjustment of the relations between {society} and the establishment of new legal rights and obligations not

There have been skeptics that have said the reform movement failed and didn't make an impact on society. Though there are others that say all that could realistically be done, was accomplished. What came out of the progressive reform movement? Congress enacted a wide range of regulations between 1901 and 1908. Congress passes laws that ensured the safety of food and drugs, stopped unfair railroad practices, and preserved scenic land throughout the country. The laws made history not only because of their effects on the nation's economy and natural environment, but also because they set a precedent for the increased regulation of U.S. business. The progressive reform movement may not have solved every problem plaguing our nation, but it did make aware that our nation needed improvement.

see that the way to restore government representative of the common interests of the city or State is to restore to public opinion the control of the dominant party.". These were definite reasons for reform and as Roosevelt said "...there must be a look ahead, there must be a realization of the fact that to waste, to destroy, our natural resources to skin and exhaust the land instead of using it so as to increase its usefulness, will result in u

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