Pros And Cons Of The Progressive Era

The Progressive Era movement was all about destroying the Unites States government and reforming the society. At that time the children were all preferred as workers, many kids didn't really understand and they can’t control the situations. Their owners tricked the children by giving them a small amount of salary and made them work all day. The children worked in dangerous and dark factories, many deaths and injuries occurred, but people think that children are the best choice to be workers because all people believed that children are in a small size so it's easier for them to get into small places and work better. Children worked long hours in dark and dangerous factories for some little money only. The children often worked to help and support their families, they all lived a very poor lifestyle. Children didn't only work on the family farm but were often hired out for other farmers. The people’s goal was to end child labor and offer free education for all kids, most children did not have freedom and were forced to do the things they hated. The poor families who just moved from farmlands to cities had no other choice but to make their children work for extra money. Most of these workers under age 14 and they worked more than 12 hours a day and usually 7 days a

week. All of these underaged children should be educated instead of working in dangerous and unsafe places, even if they had to work they should at least be 16 years old. Therefore, these poor children shouldn't be working there.”The 1900 census revealed that about 2 million children were working in mills, mines, fields, factories, stores and on city streets across the United States” (Keating-Owen Child Labor Act). This quote basically explains how the children were working in places that aren't suitable for their ages. At that time the government didn't care about the children's safety, they just ignored everything that was happening.

The Progressive Era was the solution for these children, the Progressive Era had many advantages such as ending child labor, new and better changes in the government and improved the economy.

All these resulted from the Progressive Movement, which means that it had a great impact on the United States. The Progressive Era or The Progressive Movement changed many different things in the United States. Social,economic and political reforms happened during that Era.
Child labor was a huge issue, since more than two million children under the age of 14 working in these dangerous unhealthy places which is just a waste of time for them and risking their lives for a very very low amount of

wages.