The Progressive era

Workers & Working Conditions

In the progressive era the working conditions were not good but slowly got better. There where rules that were set in place so that workers would have a good work place and they would be safe but these were largely ignored.

One example where the working conditions where poor because the employers did not enforce the safety rules was the triangle shirtwaist fire. The triangle shirtwaist fire was a big deal because the employers violated the law because they looked the doors and the workplace had poor working conditions.

After the fire, people got angry and went to court. The owners of the company did not get in trouble but after the lawsuit was over the laws making the work place better started to get enforced.

Freedom

In this time period, freedom of the people was challenged and it was also granted in some areas. One area where freedom was in 1919 when prohibition was set into place: the making, selling, or transporting alcohol became illegal.
An area where freedom was granted was when in 1920, women were allowed to vote.