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The Progressive Era

The Progressive Era. Part 1: Origins and Ideas. What was Progressivism?. Progressivism was a widespread belief linking the idea of progress to the idea of government-imposed reform. Characteristics of the Progressive Movement. Diffuse and Diverse Elitist

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The Progressive Era

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  1. The Progressive Era Part 1: Origins and Ideas

  2. What was Progressivism? Progressivism was a widespread belief linking the idea of progress to the idea of government-imposed reform.

  3. Characteristics of the Progressive Movement • Diffuse and Diverse • Elitist • Tended toward Darwinism and Atheism

  4. Origins of the Progressive Movement Charles Darwin On the Origin of Species, 1859

  5. Aspects of the Progressivism Philosophy: • William James • Pragmatism

  6. Aspects of the Progressivism Education: • John Dewey • “Progressive Education”

  7. Aspects of the Progressivism Journalism: “Muckraking” • Lincoln Steffens • The Shame of the Cities • Ida Tarbell • History of Standard Oil Company • Upton Sinclair • The Jungle • The Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act (1906) “I aimed at the public’s heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach.” ~Upton Sinclair

  8. Aspects of the Progressivism Religion: “The Social Gospel” • Walter Rauschenbusch

  9. Aspects of the Progressivism Law: Sociological Jurisprudence • Louis Brandeis • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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