<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishMapema karne hii, watu wa maendeleo walikuwa watu ambao walitambua kuwa mawasiliano na teknolojia za usafiri zilikuwa zikisukuma wigo wa shughuli za kiuchumi nje, kutoka majimbo ya mtu binafsi hadi Marekani kwa ujumla.  <response>: Early this century, the progressives were people who realized that communications and transportation technologies were pushing the scope of economic activity outward, from individual states to the United States as a whole. 