proggressive movements

Throughout the history of the United States there have been many reform movements. These reform movements helped to make business, politics, and the environment better. The antitrust reform, Temperance movement, and the women’s suffrage movement were a few of the major reforms that helped shaped the society we live in today.

The antitrust reform was a major reform during the late 19th and early 20th century as it helped to make sure a business was not too powerful. Before 1890 the government’s attitude on the businesses was laissez faire; they did not get into to it, nor did they want to get into it. Monopolies were a huge problem; between the monopolies of the oil industry, railroad industry, coal industry, and the bank many American citizens were being exploited as monopolies make prices higher and quality lower. A major supporter of the antitrust reform was Frank Norris the author of The Octopus, this novel took the problem of the monopoly of the railroad industry a...