America benefited greatly from the new wave of industrialization during the 1890s. There was an abundance of new advanced technologies that made large-scale manufacturing easier and more feasible. These new factories produced more goods than ever before and were open to the middle class. However this modernization has not been entirely positive, resulting in a fair amount of civil unrest. There were big problems with immigration. Every day there were thousands of Europeans coming to America looking for work. Although the working conditions were terrible and the wages were not much better, they were better than working abroad. There was also the growing issue of anarchists becoming more and more of a problem as they became more vocal. Workers' strikes also contributed in part to the chaos of the industrialization period. The strikes soon turned violent as strikes followed one after another. The number of unemployed continued to grow as capitalists slowly became richer. People like Theodore Roosevelt, Jane Addams, and Edward Bellamy and his followers each had different opinions about what was wrong with industrialized America and how to fix it. Theodore Roosevelt achieved his power of influence over many years. It all began during the Spanish-American War, when he commanded a group of volunteer cavalry known as the Rough Riders. From his triumphs at the Battle of San Juan Hill and the rest of the war, Roosevelt's popularity rapidly increased. Shortly thereafter he became governor of New York. The Republican Party, however, quickly became concerned with Roosevelt's rise to both fame and power. This was entirely due to the fact that Roosevelt had a very different amount of goods…half as much paper…produced daily. During this period, however, there were many thinkers and important political figures who heavily influenced the American people. People like Theodore Roosevelt, Edward Bellamy and his followers, and Jane Addams changed the landscape of America by successfully understanding what was wrong with the new industrial America and how to go about fixing it. In their own way, each individual has contributed greatly to American society, helping it progress on its path to becoming what it is today. Works Cited Foner, Eric. “The Progressive Era.” In Give Me Liberty!: An American Story. Seagull Fourth ed. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2014. 709-710; 715.Rauchway, Eric. "Murderous anarchism". In Murdering McKinley: The Making of Theodore Roosevelt's America. New York: Hill and Wang, 2004. 93-95; 133-138; 168-170 .