The Progressive Era was the period in the history of the United States that was dominated by The Progressive Movement that covered social reform issues relating to female suffrage, education, working conditions, unionization, the problems of urbanization, industrialization and child labor. The Progressive Movement called for political reforms attacking bribery and corruption, the political machines and the regulation of Big Business and corporations and reducing the power of the Robber Barons and unfair business practices. This let to for the U.S. to be stable and if not all to less corrupted today
