The correct answer to this open question is the following.
Three of the key reform movements of the Progressive era were the following. Reformation of the civil rights, reformation of the US federal government to end corruption acts, and reformation for the conservation of the environment.
These reformers were people such as W.EB. Du Bois, Theodore Roosevelt, and Robert La Follette.
What motivated them to initiate and support these reformation movements was the lofe for his country, the compassion they felt for other Americans, his spirit to do things right, to clean the government from corruption and corrupt politicians, and to improve the living conditions of the American society.
Let's get the proper context to understand the problems reformers faced to establish their reformations in the country.
During the Gilded Age, there was so much corruption that allowed the Robber Barons of America to create monopolies that destroyed small and medium-sized companies. We are talking about people like Jhon D. Rockefeller owner of the Standard Oil Company or Andrew Carnegie, owner of the American Steel Company, who grew to become the wealthiest men in the United States with their monopolies. They fought against the creation of labor unions and exploited their workers to make big profits.
Reformers had the conviction to fight and promote big changes in American society.
Muckrakers journalists exposed those corruption acts and progressive reformers demanded changes in the federal government legislation to reverse the situation.
Robert La Follette, governor of Wisconsin, reformed taxes, elections, invested in railroads, and created his program "Wisconsin Idea," to invite people from Wisconsin to actively participate in politics.
W.EB. Du Bois was one of the most important civil rights activists of his time. He wrote "The Souls of Black folks" in 1903. and his ideas helped t form the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
US President Theodore Roosevelt was known as the greatest conservationist of America. He was so interested in protecting the environment, the wildlife, and the natural resources of the United States.
So these reformers had great convictions and dedicated his life to propose changes that impacted the way American people lived and made changes to had a long-lasting consequence in the way American was developing to become the strong nation it is.
