Progressive and Populist Era

I think the areas that were most influenced by the Progressive Movement were  the local and federal governments. In the federal government, many people wanted to choose who became the senator, instead of letting the leglislative branch vote. Also, there were some leaders that people did not necessarily like and wanted to get rid of them. As a result of all of these complaints, the government made a recall, initiative, and a referendum to meet all of the peoples' needs. In the local government, the people were not able to vote for local officials and they wanted to change that. This is why the local government came up with a manager and a commission which allowed the people to vote for public officials. I think that during the populism era, there were a lot of problems that were not solved right away. For example, there was 8 hour work days and income taxes which were not being prevented until the progressive era. In that era, people were fed up with all of the problems and were starting to have srikes and unions to show that they felt strongly regarding a certain subject. The progressive movement aimed to protect the social welfare, promote moral improvement, create a better economy and political system. During the populist era, many problems started and the progressive era helped clean them up.