How did progressivism affect the united states

Progressivism is the result of the modernization in the society. Progressive movement aimed at eradicating dishonesty and they believed in a positive Government which is purely democratic and worked for the welfare of the people. Local grandees started to exert their influence in creating a Government. This was abolished by the progressives.

In the period of progressivism many antitrust laws came into existence which aimed at fair trade and removed monopolies.  

Progressive thinkers sought that the education is a natural right and every human must be made a literate. To improve the quality of education, schools were modernized and use of technology was at its peak.  

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the second significant cause of the great migration was the desire of black southerners to escape segregation, known euphemistically as jim crow. rural african american southerners believed that segregation - and racism and prejudice against blacks - was significantly less intense in the north.