HIST 2112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Lincoln Steffens, Muckraker, Roosevelt Corollary
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Think of progressivism as an umbrella term, under which a variety of reform groups. Led by middle class to regulate the wealthy and the poor: government action should be more active, social problems solved through government action and legislation, origins of progressivism. Progressive minded presidents (tr, taft, and wilson) Led by educated middle class women who wanted to eliminate childhood labor, alcoholism, poverty, and poor government. Nation carry a nation wctu (women"s christian temperance. Movement: married a man who was an abusive, alcoholic, preach to prisoners about god"s word, arrested multiple times for vandalizing property to prevent alcohol. College educated men and women who believed the government should talk a larger role in improving the lives of the lower class, immigrants. Social workers believed in residence, research, and reform: residence: started building settlement houses, research: we must gather data on these poor immigrants, reform: we gather data so we can reform.
