Progressivism

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Progressivism

• Causes Social and political problems of
  industrialization, including the depression of
  the 1890s government corruptions monopolies
  and poor working and living conditions of
  immigrants

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What Is Progressivism?

• It meant different things to different people but
  with several common beliefs
• Shared in the possibility of progress through
  reform within the existing system
• Believed in a greater role of government to
  regulate big business

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Who Were the Progressives?

• Muckrakers Exposed the corporate and government
  corruptions
• Social Settlement advocates Jane Addams and
  others, mostly young women, established
  settlement houses to help immigrants
• Advocates of Efficiency Experts as a solution to
  political corruption
• Conservationists
• Prohibitionists
• Womens suffrage advocates
• Political reformers

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Progressive Political Reforms

• The cure for democracy is more democracy popular
  voting for senators direct primaries recalls
  and initiatives
• Municipal reforms city managers and experts to
  replace the machine
• Regulation of railroads and other big business
• Regulation of working conditions

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Theodore Roosevelt

• TR Progressive presidency regulation of
  business, FDA, conservation
• TR Strong and popular personality presidency as
  center of national political life
• Square deal government as broker of American
  society

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Woodrow Wilson

• Wilsons background as an educator
• Won 1912 Election because TR and Taft split
  Republican votes WW 42 TR 27 Taft 23 Debs
  6. (435/531 e. votes)
• New Freedom vs. New Nationalism WW for
  destruction of trust vs. TRs regulation
• WW Adopted TR regulation in practice