Throughout the time period that we have studied, I believe that there were three events that had the most significant impact on American life. Progressivism was the most important outcome from these years. Another major outcome is the Birth Control Movement. The Freedman's Bureau is the last major result from this time period. Between 1865 and early 1920's, the country changed from a rural nation to an urban one.
Progressivism is the reform movement of the 1900's. It dealt with people from the middle class who weren't immigrants who wanted to cure social problems. …