the elevation of crafts and specialized trades
advances in agriculture
a greater diversity of people
The laws, regulations and government has changed throughout the years
This passage is about the speech of President Jackson in Congress, where he defended the process of remorse of the Indians.
The use of the word "progessive" refers to the continuation of a process begun earlier, where the Indians were massacred and expelled from their territories to the detriment of the white man's civilization. The former president used that term as a way to slow down an attitude that today would be understood as barbarism, but one that is part of US history.
Explanation:
I had to answer this question on my history exam and this is what I put.
