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This is about the progressive era and reforms we find significant. This is what i have so far. could you please help. anything will help. i really need to get a good grade on this. This is supposed to be in MLA form. thanks in advance for any help! please just read and tell me what you think. just quick skim even. thanks. In the 1880’s through the early 1900’s many people were not thrilled with the society of America and the imperialism and industrialization that were taking place. In reaction many citizens started reforms confronting the problems caused by industrialization and imperialism. They clearly stated a change was wanted and needed. To name a few reforms, there was the Sherman Antitrust act, Interstate Commerce Act, Muckrakers, Meat Inspection Act, The Oregon System, and the 16th through 19th amendments. I believe the Muckrakers to have played a huge role in the Progressive era. The expression “muckraker” came on because they “raked”, or brought up, exposed, the “muck”, the unfairness and injustices, covered up by society. (McGraw-Hill. The American Journey, Student Edition. New York: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, 2004. pg. 613) Muckrakers were Journalists who helped expose the true inequality and injustices. They wrote newspaper and magazine articles that told of the truth of trusts, prison conditions, the tax system, pension practices and food processing, among others. ("Muckrakers." United States History. 19 Dec. 2009. http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h920.html) The Muckrakers made it known to the citizens what was actually going on. It helped to anger the people enough to want to do something about it. Though some stories may have been exaggerated, it got the people thinking. It got them to see how it really is. Without them I believe the issues would not have gotten the type of attention that was needed. A reported for the McClure’s Magazine, Lincoln Steffens, wrote articles about corrupt machine politics in New York, Chicago, and other cities. His pieces composed in a book, The Shame of the Cities. (McGraw-Hill. The American Journey, Student Edition. New York: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, 2004. pg. 613) And with his writings this built up the demand for urban reform making the desire stronger. Meaning to provoke sympathy for the workers in the meatpacking industry, by writing a novel known as The Jungle, illustrating the horrors of the meatpacking industry, Upton Sinclair actually caused a major uproar. Because of his book the Meat Inspection Act was passed, which lead to the Pure Food and Drug Act, making it illegal to sell harmful food, and made it necessary to have accurate labeling on food and medicine. Another notable Muckraker would have to be David Graham Phillips. He wrote an article in the Cosmopolitan, "The Treason of the Senate". This article was a bitter reflection of political corruption. His article goaded President Roosevelt anger. Roosevelt believed that some of the journalists/muckrakers were going too far. But despite agitating Roosevelt his writing created a drive that would lead to the adoption of the 17th Amendment. ("Muckrakers." United States History. 19 Dec. 2009. http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h920.html) “The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures…This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution.” ("U.S. Constitution - Amendment 17 - The U.S. Constitution Online" 19 Dec. 2009. http://www.usconstitution.net/xconst_Am17.html) Ratified in 1913, (McGraw-Hill. The American Journey, Student Edition. New York: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, 2004. pg. 614) the Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution provided for the direct election of the senators. And instead of state legislatures, United States senators are elected. This Amendment I consider to be a very significant reform. It allows the people to finally have a voice in selecting their representatives. That is what the people wanted. They wanted to have a say in who was representing them, in who was in lead of them. Now, they have an Amendment, a law in the Constitution making it possible for the citizens to have a direct election of their senators. The 19th Amendment, I also think to be noteworthy! “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.” (The Nineteenth Amendment." UMKC School of Law. 19 Dec. 2009 http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/nineteentham.htm) This changed the system of voting! It gives women the right to vote. Now everyone, no matter what sex, is equal in the voting system.

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