what does progressive mean? favoring or implementing reform (change)
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What does Progressive Mean?
Favoring or Implementing Reform (Change)
Progressivism
WHO? “Progressives”– urban middle-class: managers &
professionals; women
WHY? Address the problems arising from:– industrialization (big business, labor strife)
– urbanization (slums, political machines, corruption)
– immigration (ethnic diversity)
– inequality & social injustice (women & racism)
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1890s
1901
1917
WHEN? “Progressive Reform Era”
The Main IdeaProgressives focused on three areas of reform:
1.easing the suffering of the urban poor2. improving unfair and dangerous working conditions 3.reforming government at the national, state, and local levels.
Progressivism
Populism to Progressivism
• Many people believed we were making progressive in improving society, but…
• Industrialization and urbanization had caused problems in the American society.
• People could improve society by relying on science and knowledge.
• Government should fix these problems.• But, Government had become corrupted by
big business and political machines.• To achieve reform, the government itself
had to be reformed.
Progressivism and Its Champions
• Industrialization helped many but also created dangerous working environments and unhealthy living conditions for the urban poor.
• Progressivism, a wide-ranging reform movement targeting these problems, began in the late 19th century.
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• Growing cities couldn’t provide people necessary services like garbage collection, safe housing, and police and fire protection.
• Reformers saw this as an opportunity to expand public health services.
Reforming Society
So, What Was Going On??