Ch.21
The term progressivism is derived from people looking to make progress in the industrial age for the notion of a better life
Progressives wanted
To limit the power of big business
Improve democracy
Strengthen social justice
Origins of progressivism
The era began with a new young president named teddy Roosevelt
It ended when public attention was diverted away from social issues with the start of WW1
Attitudes and motives
Going into the turn of the century there were already great issues among the migration of new people. The large gap between rich and poor. Jim crow laws. And women’s suffrage added a great amount of fuel to the fire.
People felt that the government was the correct vehicle to transport their