Week 5 Reflection: New Era

This is the week that we get into the modern day of thinking here in the US. This "new era" described as the Progressive Era. The Progressive Era was a period of widespread social activism and political reform across the United States that spanned the 1890s to the 1920s. The main objectives of the Progressive movement were addressing problems caused by industrialization, urbanization, immigration, and political corruption. This is where Uncle Sam was created in this Era adding income tax and tariff tax into America. It started in Texas around the late 1800s, and we have been under the saying "death by taxes" ever since.

This was also an Era for the immigrants coming from overall different places including Mexico, Ireland, and other foreign countries overseas. An immigrant is a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country. Most immigrants at the time were coming to America trying to better religious values and to have a better life. As they did not know just like every other altercation in America, the immigrants were playing the race game with America at jobs, and even to become a citizen. Then some immigrants were brought in, and they were being used to build up America. For example, Chinese immigrants were brought in to help build the railroads in the east and west and help build major cities. Something behind that though is that there were negative propaganda post about the Chinese, and this eventually led to a ban on Chinese immigration. But others like including the Japanese eventually came over as well.

Just like any other situation in America, Americans and whites will give opportunities to people and then take them away. If somebody has created something or is working harder then the next person, and somebody using their "whiteness" or in the government will try and destroy it.
picture: shows Chinese immigrants working on the rail roads