Progressive Era Chapter 17 Section 2

What were the main goals of the progressives?

• Improving conditions for farmers and industrial workers

• Curbing the power of big business and making government more accessible to average citizens

• Expanding economic opportunity and making American society more democratic

• Promoting social welfare, protecting the environment, and making government more efficient and democratic

Who were the majority of the progressives?

• Wealthy, upper class, and politically connected

• Rural, working class, and uneducated

• Urban, middle class, and college educated

• Immigrants, minorities, and women

What inspired the progressives in their reform efforts?

• Populism and the Social Gospel movement

• Industrialization and urbanization

• Immigration and government corruption

• Social Darwinism and big business

What did the followers of the Social Gospel believe in?

• The dominance of big business in the economy

• The pursuit of wealth as the ultimate goal

• Social reform and Christianity going hand in hand

• The natural order of social Darwinism

What did progressives strongly oppose?

• Social Darwinism

• Populism

• Industrialization

• Immigration

What did progressives believe government should do in relation to big business?

• Promote social Darwinism and natural selection in the economy

• Stay neutral and not interfere in business matters

• Support the concentration of wealth and power in the hands of business owners and monopolies

• Play an active role in defending the political and economic rights of average citizens

What was the main difference between populism and progressivism?

• Populism focused on social welfare, while progressivism focused on economic opportunity

• Populism was a religious movement, whereas progressivism was a political movement

• Populism embraced social Darwinism, while progressivism rejected it

• Populism was primarily a rural movement, whereas progressivism was born mainly among the urban middle class

What did President Woodrow Wilson describe as the work of the progressives?

• A work of restoration

• A work of preservation

• A work of destruction

• A work of revolution

What did the progressives want to put into practice?

• The nation's founding ideals

• Social Darwinism

• The natural order of society

• The dominance of big business

What did the progressives have great faith in?

• The future and the nation's founding ideals

• The past and traditional values

• The power of big business and social Darwinism

• The government and its policies