Progressive Movement Late 1800's

After the Civil War the nation was rapidly industrializing, new immigrants were pouring into the country and, cities were expanding. With the nation growing and changing as it was the society of the country was evolving. With the turmoil in society people known as progressives sought to root out the negative aspects of the ever changing society and change it for the betterment of all thus dubbing the movement the progressive era. Some of the movements focused on addressing these societal issues were the temperance movement and the women’s suffrage movement. While the Women’s suffrage movement was effective the temperance movement proved to be largely ineffective.

Have you ever seen the effects that poverty can cause, the brains that it destroys through mental health issues or bodies it infects through physical ailments? I am writing to you to inform you of the problems that many people in society suffer from, the effects of poverty. In a novel I have recently studied call ‘The Inner Circle’ by Gary Crew he highlights this issue in the main two characters. This issue has spread all over the world and attack countries whether first, second or third-world. Global Issues has told us that at least 80% of humanity is living off less than $10 a day or that according to UNICEF 20,000 children die every day due to poverty.

The rapid reforms taking place in America, as well as the hatred of Germany and Dewey's book, sparked immense liberal changes and the censorship of Germany in American education. Progressive education was created because educational reformers and society began changing their perspectives on schools. Children’s ideas and welfare became the main focus of school. The fear of Germany during World War I also caused schools to censor positive information about Germany. Progressive education provided the basis of society’s beliefs and ideas during World War I and would continue to affect America throughout history.

Reform movements spread throughout the country during the nineteenth century like wildfire alongside and often in conjunction with the Second Great Awakening. During this era the abolitionist movement, struggle for women’s and worker’s rights and the temperance movement came with the desire for social betterment and reform. Many of these societies and movements involved the ideology of the American Revolution with ideas of individual freedom, liberty, equality and also the respect for personhood. While many of the social reform movements in the first half of the nineteenth century had an element of moralism the temperance movement was steeped in it. It was believed that with drinking came “poverty, crime, illness, insanity, battered and broken

During the World War I, American was highly influenced by the progressive movements. The progressive movements were focused in bringing the economic and industrial reforms and these reforms were achieved during the WWI. The U.S. was highly profited by the business with both sides of the war. More number of industries were built and foreign trade was blooming. The women and minorities were given equal opportunities as American men to work and earn for their families.

The United States faced many serious social problems in the early 19th century that concerned the reformers during the time. These problems not only gradually broke the society apart, but also eroded the democratic foundation of the nation. Understanding the seriousness of the problems, leaders from different areas expressed their serious concerns over social issues, including lawlessness, violence, immortality and poverty. These problems happened across the nation. For example, crime rates in New York City including juvenile delinquency and mob violence rose rapidly.

1. What was life like for immigrants after they entered the United States in the late 1800’s? Answer: In the late 1800’s the primarily immigrants were from Germany, Ireland, Mexican, and Great Britain; some of them were more professional workers and others had jobs as farmers in rural areas.

From 1825-1850 America was a nascent nation beginning to experience an increasing demand for social progression and equal rights. Although Americans continued to discriminate against people of different races, genders and ethnicities, change came about through religious movements and improvements in the realm of children’s education. Therefore, although many people were still oppressed during this time, positive change came about by way of religious revival and reform regarding the treatment of children. In the eyes of the South, these 25 years brought on unnecessary change, most of which was spearheaded by people from the North. Growing abolitionist and gender equality movements, along with immigration posed a potential threat to the power

Horace Mann is most identified with the common school movement. He was a member of the Massachusetts Board of Education and his ideas were based upon a strong sense of Protestant Republicanism that was rooted in a secular, non sectarian morality. The common school movement as the idea that the government would pay for the schools instead of the people. EVen though the people of america enjoyed the idea of the government paying for schooling, the common school movement did not address the issue of racial exclusion and segregation.

The late 1800’s and early 1900’s was an era of industrialization and progressive reform. The Progressive era was a time where the people gathered and not only demanded change, but worked for it. There was a great amount of corruption between buisness and politics; and the working conditions for the common man were ghastly and for all intents and purposes inhumane. In the end progressives made huge strides in redefining the meaning of equality and improving the social, political and economic problems in American society.