Why Did The Progressives Fail
Did the Progressives Fail?
Progressivism generated positive results. If one thinks of progressives as one group of people with one clear objective, then they succeeded. But, consider the word “progressives” as a general term that encompasses these assorted clusters unfairly, because it defines these groups as one. The progressives’ diverse and opposing views break up the previously described group into separate sets of individuals trying to achieve the same goals, in a different way. Because these groups did not agree on how to achieve things in one way, the “progressives” never met some objectives because their contradicting methods resulted in the opposite result. How could every one of these groups do what they set out to? No, they could not possibly have done so. The “Progressive Era,” occurred between the years following the Spanish-American War and the United States’ …show more content…
Abrams says they did this by “educating immigrants and the poor…imposing regulations upon corporate practices in order to preserve a minimal base for small proprietary businesses enterprise…making legislative accommodations to the newly important wage-earning classes…so as to forestall a forcible transfer of policy-making power away from the groups that had conventionally exercised that power; and by broadening the political selection process, through direct elections, direct nominations, and direct legislation.” Link writes that progressives failed in the political aspirations, saying, “After the progressive era, just as before, wealthier elements in American society had a disproportionate share of political power…” Abrams says agrees, saying, “Direct nominations and elections have tended to make political campaigns so expensive as to reduce the number of eligible candidates for public office to… the independently wealthy…ideologues…and party
Progressivism generated positive results. If one thinks of progressives as one group of people with one clear objective, then they succeeded. But, consider the word “progressives” as a general term that encompasses these assorted clusters unfairly, because it defines these groups as one. The progressives’ diverse and opposing views break up the previously described group into separate sets of individuals trying to achieve the same goals, in a different way. Because these groups did not agree on how to achieve things in one way, the “progressives” never met some objectives because their contradicting methods resulted in the opposite result. How could every one of these groups do what they set out to? No, they could not possibly have done so. The “Progressive Era,” occurred between the years following the Spanish-American War and the United States’ …show more content…
Abrams says they did this by “educating immigrants and the poor…imposing regulations upon corporate practices in order to preserve a minimal base for small proprietary businesses enterprise…making legislative accommodations to the newly important wage-earning classes…so as to forestall a forcible transfer of policy-making power away from the groups that had conventionally exercised that power; and by broadening the political selection process, through direct elections, direct nominations, and direct legislation.” Link writes that progressives failed in the political aspirations, saying, “After the progressive era, just as before, wealthier elements in American society had a disproportionate share of political power…” Abrams says agrees, saying, “Direct nominations and elections have tended to make political campaigns so expensive as to reduce the number of eligible candidates for public office to… the independently wealthy…ideologues…and party