Summary: Did The Progressives Fail?
Issue 8:
Did the Progressives fail?
Yes (Abrams): Professor of history Richard M. Abrams maintains that progressivism was a failure because it tried to impose a uniform set of values upon a culturally diverse people and never seriously confronted the inequalities that still exist in American society.
No (Link and McCormick): Professors of history Arthur S. Link and Richard L. McCormick argue that the progressives were a diverse group of reformers who confronted and ameliorated the worst abuses that emerged in urban industrial America during the early 1900s.
Body: I do not agree with Professor Abrams in that the progressives failed because they tried to make everyone conform to one set of values. Abram argued that the progressivism …show more content…
The professors argue that the progressives not only recognized the diversity of cultures, but also compromised and wanted to diminish the conflict between social and economic groups. They explain that there would be no reason to blame the progressives for the failure of their new ideas and that they should eliminate all the arguments of an industrial city. Asking the progressives why it was that the adopted measures, which tended to disguise and obscure economic and social conflict would be understandable as it happened as soon as they uncovered it. Although attempts to reduce divisions sometimes came off as trying to impose their ways on the urban middle class, it wasn’t intended to come off that way. In result, the progressives never had lived their dream of eliminating social conflict. All of these are the different reasons are why progressivism did not live up to the standards of its intentions. The social lives and personal lives of people were also affected greatly by progressivism. These problems that the progressives faced are still problems that the Americans have challenged ever since. Progressivism was also known as a source of strength, which is now missing from
Did the Progressives fail?
Yes (Abrams): Professor of history Richard M. Abrams maintains that progressivism was a failure because it tried to impose a uniform set of values upon a culturally diverse people and never seriously confronted the inequalities that still exist in American society.
No (Link and McCormick): Professors of history Arthur S. Link and Richard L. McCormick argue that the progressives were a diverse group of reformers who confronted and ameliorated the worst abuses that emerged in urban industrial America during the early 1900s.
Body: I do not agree with Professor Abrams in that the progressives failed because they tried to make everyone conform to one set of values. Abram argued that the progressivism …show more content…
The professors argue that the progressives not only recognized the diversity of cultures, but also compromised and wanted to diminish the conflict between social and economic groups. They explain that there would be no reason to blame the progressives for the failure of their new ideas and that they should eliminate all the arguments of an industrial city. Asking the progressives why it was that the adopted measures, which tended to disguise and obscure economic and social conflict would be understandable as it happened as soon as they uncovered it. Although attempts to reduce divisions sometimes came off as trying to impose their ways on the urban middle class, it wasn’t intended to come off that way. In result, the progressives never had lived their dream of eliminating social conflict. All of these are the different reasons are why progressivism did not live up to the standards of its intentions. The social lives and personal lives of people were also affected greatly by progressivism. These problems that the progressives faced are still problems that the Americans have challenged ever since. Progressivism was also known as a source of strength, which is now missing from