The United States from the late 1800’s to the early 1900’s was a place ripe with opportunity for reform and advancement. With a largely diverse, young population, booming industry, and new open minded leaders the United States was practically set for reform. Issues such as Women’s Suffrage, immigration, corruption, and monopolies rose to prominence in this period after years of being swept under the carpet. …show more content…
These businesses used their power to cloak their wrongdoing by paying off governmental leaders and buying out elections in their favor. Therefore, corruption ran rampant as was shown in President Woodrow Wilson’s Inaugural Address when he stated, “Our great Government we loved has too often been made use of for private and selfish purposes, and those who used it had forgotten the people.” (Doc.