The Progressive Era Questions and Answers
In What Ways Did Progressivism Include Both Democratic And Anti-democratic Impulses?
Who were the Progressives, and what did they hope to accomplish?
What were the four major goals of the Progressive Movement?
How did the Progressive movement affect immigrants?
What were the accomplishments of the progressive movement?
What tactics did Progressives use to cause social change? Explain each in detail.
Which president had the most lasting impact on the major Progressive issues?
In what ways did American cultural development in the 1820s and 1830s reflect the democratic impulse of the era?
How did the power of the federal government increase during the period of 1865 to 1940?
How did Progressive reform make the government more democratic? I'm studying federal reforms like amendments and state reforms like initiatives, referendums, recalls, and direct primaries.
Why did the relationship between business and government change during the Progressive Era?
How did WWI change Progressivism?
What was the Progressive Movement's position on racial segregation?
What did the Progressives believe was important?
Compare and contrast how the labor unions, the Populists, and the Progressives responded to the changes wrought by industrialization and corporate capitalism between the Civil War and World War I. Which group do you feel was most effective in promoting its ideals, and why? In answering the question, you must discuss the class origins, the concrete proposals, and the values and ideologies of each of these “movements” or groups.
Progressive Beliefs
How and why did the presidency change during the Progressive Era?
Why did social reform and social control often intermingle in the Progressive Era? can such objectives be separate? Why did social reform and social control often intermingle in the Progressive Era? Can such objectives be separate?
Discuss the tensions within progressivism between the ideals of social justice and the urge for social control. And also, what were the driving forces behind them? What concrete achievements are associated with each wing of the movement?
How did Progressives address the issues of big business, political rights, and social justice? How did they hope to bring about change?
What did Henry George and Edward Bellamy propose to do about the unequal distribution of wealth?
What was the basic ideology of the Progressive movement?
How did the presidency change during the Progressive Era?
How did Progressives' views about race and values foster prejudice?
What factors stimulated the reform movements of Progressivism?
Was the success or failure of the progressive movement in relation to working conditions?
What would be considered as the most important reform of the Progressive movement and why? I have to choose from: 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th amendments and direct primaries, initiatives, referendums or recall.
Was the Progressive Era truly "progressive"? Or was it conservative? Did the Progressive movements expand or limit democracy? Defend your answer with specific examples.
Name 12 progressive goals of The Progressive Reform Era.
What were the typical methods of progressive reformers? (US history: era of progressive reform 1890-1920.)
Explain how Progressives worked to change society and government in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
What were the roles of women in the Progressive Era?
What were the Progressivess concerns about industrial concentration?
How did Henry George and Edward Bellamy influence the rise of progressivism?
Who Were The Progressives
To what extent was the progressive movement of 1900–1920 an extension of the reformers' ideas and programs of the late nineteenth century?
Did the Great War further or undermine the Progressive agenda?
Why was the Progressive Era a turning point in U.S. history towards making the government more activist and accountable to the people?
What led to the formation of the Progressive party in U.S. politics?
List some of the reforms from the Progressive Era.
What were the social, economic, and political problems that caused the rise of progressivism in general, and helped inspire the progressive education movement?
Why did Progressives have an optimistic attitude?
Why did the policies of the federal government from 1865 to 1900 sometimes violate the principles of laissez-faire?
Evaluate the effectiveness and efficacy of the progressive movement on changes to the urban environment.
Why did the Progressive Movement develop?
What gains were made by working class communities in the Progressive Era?
What caused progressivism in the United States?
Make an argument that Progressivism either did or didn't have a positive lasting impact on America. Historians disagree about the lasting impact of Progressivism on the 20th century in America
What were some of the issues Americans faced as they emerged from the Gilded Age, and in what ways did the Progressive Movement seek to address them? In what ways can the Progressive Era be viewed as a success? A failure?
Explain the events and/or circumstances that led to the Progressive Movement in America.
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