Some progressive era reformers became particularly concerned with the extent to which alcohol was abused after seeing the effects that alcoholism had. these progressives joined with business leaders, religious leaders, and other reformers to outlaw the sale and use of alcohol, forming the suffrage movement flapper movement right to life movement temperance movement

in the 1800s, chinese workers migrated to the united states, first to work in the gold mines, but also to take agricultural jobs, and factory work, especially in the garment industry. chinese immigrants were particularly instrumental in building railroads in the american west, and as chinese laborers grew successful in the united states, a number of them became entrepreneurs in their own right. as the numbers of chinese laborers increased, so did the strength of anti-chinese sentiment among other workers in the american economy. this finally resulted in legislation that aimed to limit future immigration of chinese workers to the united states, and threatened to sour diplomatic relations between the united states and china.