HIST 173 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: National Consumers League, Florence Kelley
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Exam is a week from today, tuesday, chapter 16-19, on the 15, bring paper. First developed among educated middle class but was widely appealing to others. Progressives sought social harmony, stability, and shared prosperity. Through compromise and commitment to the general welfare. Opposed partisanship and major political parties- and sought to reform them. Sought to enlarge the powers and responsibilities of government. Faith in professional expertise and belief that experts should staff government posts. Their training would allow them to be impartial and objective. They hoped to replace the career politician. Were elitist and disdainful of money-making and old-fashioned values of the rich and conservative middle class. Had great faith in education and material prosperity as forces that would uplift working class, immigrants, and poor. Sought to make the promise of american life available to all. First site of progressive activism was big cities in 1890s. They suffered from many problems, compounded by political corruption.
