Progressivism is the term applied to a variety of responses to the economic and social problems rapid industrialization introduced to America. Progressivism began as a social movement and grew into a political movement. The early progressives rejected Social Darwinism.
People who believed in the progressive movement were people who valued education, they thought that providing a good education would solve most of the world’s issues, ranging from poverty, greed, violence all the way to even global issues such as racism. Progressive reformer commonly lived in cities where people were constantly evolving, they were well educated and deeply involved in politics. Many progressive reformer had a way to get their point across, they had a powerful vice and they used it wisely to the best of their advantages.
Progressive reformers fought for the public, their intention was to provide for the general public. Their priorities were to try and stop the corruption that was within our government, provide good health service to the citizens and to regulate businesses efficiently, and to do so they needed the full…show more content… And as far as the public health goes, they tighten up the meat packing industry, the meat packing industry wasn’t well cared for before the progressive movement. Companies were just ding as they please because the government didn’t look much into that aspect of things, but the progressive movement changed all that when they targeted the meat packing industry and forced the government to pass laws on regulating the process of meat packing. Progressives were able to get to government to add a few amendments to the constitution, such as extending the right for women to
