Everything about Progressive Era totally explained
In the
United States, the
Progressive Era was a period of reform which lasted from the 1890s to the 1920s.
Progressives strongly opposed waste and corruption, seeking change in regard to worker's rights and protection of the ordinary citizen in general. Initially the movement was successful at local level, and then it progressed to state and gradually national. The reformers (and their opponents) were predominantly members of the middle class. Most were well educated
white Protestants who lived in the cities.
Catholics,
Jews and blacks had their own versions of the Progressive Movement, (some of them were more like responses to the movement than alternative versions) led by the likes of
George Cardinal Mundelein and
Booker T. Washington. The Progressives pushed for social justice, general equality and public safety, but there were contradictions within the movement, especially regarding race.
Criticism of Progressive Era achievements
The progressive philosophy and the Progressive Era
actions taken by government have critics as well. The
changes during this era that political figures (with
the help of industry figures) implemented to bring
about "progress" have affected (some believe
negatively) the following areas: birthing and family,
schooling, law, journalism, food production and
distribution, and many other areas of life.
A few critics:
Murray Rothbard: (family)
Faith Gibson: (birthing)
John Taylor Gatto: (schooling)
Janice Rogers Brown: (law)
William L. Anderson: (journalism)
Gary D. Libecap: (food)
Issues at the federal level
Notable Progressive intellectuals, writers, advocates
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