HIST 2112 Progressives are not radicals o They don t want a revolution o They do want reform though o Believe capitalism is a good thing as long as it is not too powerful In 1913 amendment was passed for the direct election of senators Muckrakers o Reporters who found out the dirty facts behind factories and industrialism People want to help the workers though Muckrakers make this possible Progressives are famous for order chaos drives them insane o Industrialism is chaotic in nature o Try to bring order Leads to the Progressive movement Typical progressive o Middle class upper class o Wealthy o Educated o White generally o Professional job o Often deeply religious Progressive movement is tied to the amendment for women s right to vote o Believe in women s suffrage Tamany Hall o Progressives hated then o Bought there votes o Progressives thought it was corruption Progressives believed in city councils instead of mayors o Felt they were more immune to corruption Civil Service Exam o Created by Progressives o Finds who is best fit for government positions Scientific experts o Progressives are convinced efficient professionals such as scientists are the best to run government o Tremendous faith in social science o Felt scientists would rule for the good of the country prone to corruption Economic reform o Monopolists had too much control Social justice o Reach out to the unpowered and help them Social Gospel Movement o The idea that Christ calls us out into the world to help the poor o Cannot ignore them o Charles Sheldon and In His Steps 1896 Civil rights advocate in Topeka Kansas Prohibitionist They felt Jesus would be a progressive middle class reformer Hull House o First of 400 settlement houses around the US o Placed in immigrant and poorer neighborhoods o Provide community services to the immigrants in the neighborhood Reformers want to turn you into them o Let me help you mindset Teddy Roosevelt o Republican president o Best example of presidential progressivism o Becomes president in 1901 o Typically the government was anti union Teddy was not He sided with the strikers He just wanted a square deal for everyone Progressive Conservation o The idea to conserve the environment o Forestry schools are born
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