Goals Of The Progressive Movement

The first of these setbacks was the failure of the Prohibition. Though initially successful, the nationwide movement of abstinence from alcohol ultimately failed when the Eighteenth Amendment, ratified in 1920, was later repealed by the Twenty-First Amendment in 1933. Additionally, the labor unions that formed and were strong advocates of progressivism harbored harsh xenophobic and anti-foreign sentiments against immigrants for being strikebreakers and blamed them for harsh conditions and low wages. These feelings ultimately led to the passage of many isolationist and frankly un-American laws, such as the Immigration Act of 1924, which discriminately curbed immigration in America by limiting quotas of foreign countries to a tiny percentage. Most heinously, however, from the Progressive Era was the rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan, a violent, racist, anti-foreigner, extremist paramilitary group that terrorized and tortured many innocent people.

Democracy, in short, is a government for the people, ran by the people. Democratic ideals refer to standards and persons who look to not only expand democracy, but expand it to the whole of the population. Democracy was the keystone to the budding America; it was what set her apart from other nations. However, citizens looked to improve the coverage and quality of democracy. Throughout the early 1800s to around 1850, reform movements began to sweep the nation.

The creation of countries, end of segregation, women's suffrage, etc. can be credited to disobedience. America was created because we disobeyed England; we thought that taxation without representation was unfair. Our motive was freedom and justice; the outcome was American people with more rights. In the 50s and 60s, people of color and allies protested segregation with “sit ins”.

Only once over the series of the letters is a reference made about a citizen of Russia. On June 6th 1916, the empress briefly mentions the rising fair of a toll through a town “instead of 5 kopeeks now one must pay 10 kopeeeks and that’s not fair upon the poor people” . Another unpopular move by the tsarist government was the introduction of prohibition. It was introduced to try reduce the rising levels of alcoholism among the Russian population. In 1914 the Tsarist Duma passed a law which entitled “the banning of manufacture and sale of sprits, alcoholic drinks and other products containing ethanol” This was due to the accusation by psychiatrists that the Russian government were turning a blind eye to the degenerative effects alcoholism was having on Russian society.

Theodore Roosevelt- had an impact for progressive movement, changes in society and politics. He had several acts, or the "Square Deal" which some acts or laws still exist today... Franklin Delano Roosevelt- helped with the Great depression by enacting the "New Deals" programs to "relief, recover, and restore" the U.S.

Many people, following the beliefs of the Temperance Movement of the Progressive Era, sought to ban the both the consumption and sale of alcohol. These people, who were often female reformers, tried to link prohibition to several social causes from the Progressive Era, arguing that prohibition could end corruption and “Americanize” immigrants. In January of 1919, the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, which legalized prohibition, was ratified, even though it did not take effect until a year later. Although, prior to the ratification of the 18th Amendment, almost twenty states had already restricted or banned the sale and consumption of alcohol. However, this amendment ultimately failed and was repealed

The movement’s main goal was to stop the selling and drinking of alcoholic products. The idea of prohibition started in the 1800s with the group called American Temperance Society. The group was founded in 1826 and their main objective was to get the people to voluntarily pull themselves away from alcohol (“Prohibition”). Religions also joined this line of thinking and they became a big advocate for the movement. Women began to speak up too, as they would tell how their husbands would not support their family, and some would even speak how their husbands beat them while they were drunk.

The popularity of the Progressive movement in the early 1900's was due to several social and cultural changes in the United States. In the wake of chaotic reorganizations of the country after industrialization and urbanization, as well as the influences of earlier ideological movements such as Populism and Pragmatism, the Progressives sought to bring order and progress to society through central planning, social reform, and even social control. The intellectuals were understood to have the best interests of the people in mind, and therefore had the responsibility to intervene in society through the means of the state. These areas of intervention included sanitation, inculcation of certain moral and behavioral habits, environmental conservation,

In the 1820s, people were believed in the perfectionist. People believed that in order to be perfect, they shouldn’t involve in a violence. They claimed that to get rid of violence under influence of alcohol is to prohibit the sale of spirits. The temperance movement brought up the temperance to the public.The result of widespread of perfectionist, there were more than “6,000 local societies in several U.S. states (Prohibition)”. To Kill a Mockingbird demonstrate the ill effect of alcohol.

The Progressive era, between the years 1895-1920, involved a group called the Progressives, who were single-cause crusaders, incredibly diverse, middle-class female reformers who wanted a better society. They focused on urban societies who wanted to preserve democracy and a free market. They wanted to “Americanize” the citizens of the United States; they also thought that the political parties were corrupt and were very protective of women and children. What began as a social movement came to be a political movement. Many of the Progressives lived in the cities and believed that the government had some impact on the changes that they want go through.