Roots of the Progressive Movement
Explain how each of the following contributed to the start of the Progressive Movement.
Reform Tradition Americans have experienced periodic demands for reformers
especially when they are beset with special difficulties or social
justices .
Legacy of Populism Progressives borrowed many ideas from the earlier populists and
often received strong rural support.
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Roots of the Progressive Movement
Explain how each of the following contributed to the start of the Progressive Movement.
Reform Tradition Americans have experienced periodic demands for reformers
especially when they are beset with special difficulties or social
justices .
Legacy of Populism Progressives borrowed many ideas from the earlier populists and
often received strong rural support.
Bimetallism
Granger laws
Problems of
Industrial Society
Traffic congestion
Un sanitary
Over population
Political machines
Monopoly (trust)
Influence of the
Middle Class
Progressivism were urban, middle-class and nationwide: Members of
the professional class’s college professors, lawyers, doctors, religious
ministers, and writers provided its core leadership
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