Urbanization - Isaac

  

Urbanization forced many things upon the government.  As cities became more crowded and there were more filthy people, most women demanded reform for things like meat inspections, building inspections and better treatment of child workers. This also was focused on taking down big businesses because they had so much power.   The workers had none and they couldn’t stand up to the bosses, and if they tried, they would just get fired.

                Political machines also reigned in urban cities.  Party bosses were powerful and controlled the assets of the city they ran.  The government would become so corrupted because of all the bribes and graft.  The party bosses made sure to give gifts to the people who resided in their city in exchange for their vote in the next election.  These machines struck another idea for government reform among the future progressives.