1. The Progressive Movement
... . Their reason for this was the destruction from within a society as the downfall of America. There were three cities initially talked about, but the essay concentrates on Los Angeles and San Francisco. San Francisco, being mostly Catholic and Irish, and did not agree at all with the progressive movement. The descendents of immigrants where things like wine and whiskey consumption was a way of life ... . They were opposed to any kind of restrictions on their personal life. This strong sentiment stopped all reform acts and legislature, and even during Prohibition, San Francisco remained a ...
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