The Progressive Era reformers and the Federal Government was not effective in bringing about reform at the national level because the reforms left out people that are still marginalized. African Americans, women, and immigrants are the groups of people that have been discriminated during the Progressive Era because of their race or gender. The food manufacturing industry and child labor laws are the only things that have successfully transformed, but they are nothing compared to the discrimination that certain people in the United States have faced. The discrimination towards African Americans during the Progressive area was tremendous. During 1890-1920 America was growing rapidly, which meant there was numerous opportunities for people to have a better life style. This was not the case for most African Americans because they were still being discriminated. They were being publicly humiliated, treated differently for political reasons, and even had differing access to things such as health care and their education. The way African Americans have been treated has not drastically changed over time proving that the Progressive Era was not successful not only for African Americans, but also for women. Women of all races have …show more content…
Meat manufacturing was a problem during that time because even if someone had their finger chopped off and it went into the meat grinder, it would still be packaged and sold. In document B in the United States History Section II, it talks about how meat scraps that have been left on the floor have been piled into the packages to be sold. People have been getting tuberculous because of how unsanitary the buildings were(The Neill-Reynolds Report, June 4, 1906). People in charge of transporting the meat to the chopping boards have left the meat on the floor where it was wet and moldy. This made many people sick and upset because they were not changing the