There were many social and economic questions that intellectuals had asked of the rapid changes from the Industrial Revolution and the growth of capitalism in America. Progressives believed that these changes brought a new order appropriate to the new industrial age.
The progressives had several beliefs. They blamed industrialization for many social problems, the free market couldn't solve the problems, and that government should be more active in the society's problem.
Most notably, progressives believe in progressive taxation, or tax rates that increase as the amount taxed increases. Progressives are strong supporters of social programs, including public education, welfare, and single payer health care. Progressive have liberal social values: they support social equality for people of all races, genders, religions and sexual orientations. They also believe abortions should be safe and legal. Progressives are environmentalists: they generally believe in cap and trade and renewable energy. Some notable progressives are Russ Feingold, Al Franken, and Nancy Pelosi.
Progressives were generally from the middle class and included journalists, educators, clergy, politicians, and social workers. They could belong to either the Democratic Party or the Republican Party, and they were generally Protestants.
Progressivism was somewhat a reaction against laissez-faire (to let the people do what they want) economics's. However, progressivism did not have a fixed set of reforms, but rather a series of responses to problems in American society.
Progressives generally believed that industrialization and urbanization created a lot of social problems. Progressives doubted the free market's ability to address the issues of poverty and crime in the working class. They wanted government to intervene on these issues. However, they also believed that the government needed to be fixed before intervening.
Many progressives wanted to end the corruption that they saw in city government. Many times the city council or mayor would give government jobs to supporters or friends who knew very little about the way the government needed to be run. Progressives supported two main ways to make government efficient.
Progressives had a large role in the passage of the Seventeenth Amendment. The Seventeenth Amendment requires the direct election of senators by the state's voters. This was meant to end the corruption of political machines, but it also removed a state legislatures' check on federal power.
Many progressives joined the universal women's suffrage movement. The suffrage movement had a slow start at first, but it gained momentum by the early 1910's. This progressive movement led to the passing of the Nineteenth Amendment on August 20, 1920. This amendment gave voting rights to women.
Progressives also put their time into social welfare problems. They created charities for the poor and disadvantaged and vied for laws to help fix social problems.
Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and William Howard Taft were considered the progressive presidents. The worked hard for both political and social reform. They wanted to remove corruption from government, and were die-hard modernizers.
The Progressives were members of Theodore Roosevelt's political party. He formed this party after a split with the Republican party.
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The Progressives focused on the Urban poor.
The Progressives focused on the Urban poor.
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Progressives were in the middle of the political spectrum
Alliance of Progressives was created in 1994-02.
Network of Spiritual Progressives was created in 2005.
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All Progressives Grand Alliance was created in 2003.
The MAIN goal of progressives is to help the lives of people to become better.