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The Progressive Era in American History was a time of profound changes that lasted from the 1890's to the 1920's. It was a time when a very small percentage at the top of the social ladder controlled the majority of the nation's wealth and when those who labored in the nation's factories, meat packing industry, and mines struggled for their everyday existence. It was also a time when millions of immigrants flooded our nation's shores in dreams of a better life (over 35 million between 1890 and the start of World War I), only for many of them to find living conditions in the US extremely harsh. Thus, the Progressive Era also became a time of change in which government passed reform legislation and emerging labor unions struggled for better pay and working conditions to improve the plight of the common man and woman. The main issue that drove the social reform of this era was the huge disparities that existed between the lifestyles of the rich and the lifestyles of the average worker.
 * Introduction**

Paragraph 1 Type of Work of the Industrials Working Conditions of the Industrials Annual Income of the Industrials
 * Body**

Paragraph 2 Type of Work of the Working Class Working Conditions of the Working Class Annual Income of the Working Class

Paragraph 3 Housing of the Industrialists

Paragraph 4 Housing of the Working Class

Paragraph 5 Entertainment and Lifestyle of the Industrialists

Paragraph 6 Entertainment and Lifestyle of the Working Class

Paragraph 7 Medical Care/Health Benefits/Death Benefits of the Industrialists

Paragraph 8 Medical Care/Health Benefits/Death Benefits of the Working Class

Summary of what you learned from this research.
 * Conclusion**