What themes stood out most to you in the assigned readings and lecture this week? What questions did the lectures and readings raise for you? Please post your responses in the comment section below.
The theme that Dr. Dickerson introduced at the beginning of lecture today was what stood out to me the most this week. He pointed out that although the progressives had many different goals (like ending child labor, eliminating corruption in the government and improving social welfare), they all embodied a similar temperament. A lot of the reforms that the progressives were advocating were also nonpartisan, which contributed to the ability of a large group to share a common outlook. I think this time period is a very important example of how much can be accomplished when the masses are in at least a general consensus. For example, Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. They were from different parties and had very different views on what society's issues were. Roosevelt thought that big business was irreversible and government could only regulate it, while Wilson thought it was his job as president to break up these all powerful trusts. They had different views, but worked within the same mindset of reform and built upon what was already established. Both administrations managed to make many improvements. For example, Roosevelt passed the Hepburn Act and Wilson built on the Sherman Antitrust Act with his Clayton Antitrust Act in 1914.
Something that really stood out to me this week was how together, yet separated, the movements were during this time. The reforms happening were in such specific areas but we can still label many of them as "progressive"; every movement of this time was to make America a modern society. For example, the that muckrakers were writing in an effort to expose corruption within society, Washington Gladden leading the Social Gospel movement, Margaret Sanger who led the birth control movement are all labeled as "progressives". The wide variety of topics and areas that were being reformed that could all fit under the category of "progressive" really stood out to me.
The theme that stood out to me the most this week was the creation of progressivism, specifically race relations. The objectives of reform throughout the US were reducing the power of big business, broadening democracy, and improvement of the lives of the poor and improvement in race relations. The results of the reform were a change in urban government, the regulation of big business, and a change in racial relations. The progressivist reform in race relations consisted of the creation of the NAACP and NUL, and the conservative reform created segregation. A question that comes to mind is the differences in progressivist reform tactics and conservative. Specifically, why did the conservatives want segregation and not the creation of a supportive group, as the NAACP and NUL?
Something that stood out to me in this week's lectures was the idea of a progressive temperament. There were a lot of components that went into the mindset of progressive movement supporters. Progressivism was a broad-based and multi-faceted effort to modernize American society. Advocates of the progressive movement wanted democracy to be extended to more groups of people. They also wanted to ensure that the American public was adequately taken care of through social welfare programs. Additionally, they strove for the reduction of corporate power. America was underprepared fort the widespread urbanization, industrialization and emigration. The progressive movement rose in order to fix societal ills that came along with rapid change.
The theme that Dr. Dickerson introduced at the beginning of lecture today was what stood out to me the most this week. He pointed out that although the progressives had many different goals (like ending child labor, eliminating corruption in the government and improving social welfare), they all embodied a similar temperament. A lot of the reforms that the progressives were advocating were also nonpartisan, which contributed to the ability of a large group to share a common outlook. I think this time period is a very important example of how much can be accomplished when the masses are in at least a general consensus. For example, Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. They were from different parties and had very different views on what society's issues were. Roosevelt thought that big business was irreversible and government could only regulate it, while Wilson thought it was his job as president to break up these all powerful trusts. They had different views, but worked within the same mindset of reform and built upon what was already established. Both administrations managed to make many improvements. For example, Roosevelt passed the Hepburn Act and Wilson built on the Sherman Antitrust Act with his Clayton Antitrust Act in 1914.
ReplyDeleteSomething that really stood out to me this week was how together, yet separated, the movements were during this time. The reforms happening were in such specific areas but we can still label many of them as "progressive"; every movement of this time was to make America a modern society. For example, the that muckrakers were writing in an effort to expose corruption within society, Washington Gladden leading the Social Gospel movement, Margaret Sanger who led the birth control movement are all labeled as "progressives". The wide variety of topics and areas that were being reformed that could all fit under the category of "progressive" really stood out to me.
ReplyDeleteThe theme that stood out to me the most this week was the creation of progressivism, specifically race relations. The objectives of reform throughout the US were reducing the power of big business, broadening democracy, and improvement of the lives of the poor and improvement in race relations. The results of the reform were a change in urban government, the regulation of big business, and a change in racial relations. The progressivist reform in race relations consisted of the creation of the NAACP and NUL, and the conservative reform created segregation. A question that comes to mind is the differences in progressivist reform tactics and conservative. Specifically, why did the conservatives want segregation and not the creation of a supportive group, as the NAACP and NUL?
ReplyDeleteSomething that stood out to me in this week's lectures was the idea of a progressive temperament. There were a lot of components that went into the mindset of progressive movement supporters. Progressivism was a broad-based and multi-faceted effort to modernize American society. Advocates of the progressive movement wanted democracy to be extended to more groups of people. They also wanted to ensure that the American public was adequately taken care of through social welfare programs. Additionally, they strove for the reduction of corporate power. America was underprepared fort the widespread urbanization, industrialization and emigration. The progressive movement rose in order to fix societal ills that came along with rapid change.
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