Without a doubt, the United States has never really lived up to the ideals of the Declaration. Historians, myself included, are quick to point out that Thomas Jefferson enslaved several hundred human beings when he crafted the Declaration.
Generally speaking, <span>living and working conditions in the city improved during the Progressive era because Progressive reformers pushed the government to fight back against corruption in business that denied many people adequate pay and housing. </span>
A stock exchange occurs in a centralized location, think Wall Street and the Stock Market. An over-the-counter market does not. Over-the-counter markets are considered less formal compared to exchanges. OTCs are less transparent and operate on fewer rules than exchanges. This can be both good and bad for those involved.
It produced effective, well-trained government workers who helped the emperors rule China's growing, increasingly complex society and ran the day-to-day business of the government.