Question

What were the goals of the American Progressives and the Progressive Party?

Answer 1

The Progressive party wanted destruction of the monopolistic power of the major corporations and banks in America.

1. To change other people by having them adopt the Progressive vision of middle class
behavior and thought...this particularly applied to issues of recreation and leisure, the
status of the family, sexual orientation and behavior. Progressives sought to revive a
sense of Victorian family and social values early in the twentieth-century

2. To end class conflict between the "have's"(the privileged class) and "the have less," (or
have not)

3. To effect a measure of control over big business

4. To segregate society into groups, based on occupation (labor, management,etc) race,
sex (laws protecting women insured secondary status in employment), and immigration
status. Segregation of the races was seen by Progressives as a method of stabilizing
race relations.
Four Main Goals of the Progressive Movement are-
1. Protecting Social Welfare.
2. Fostering Efficiencey.
3. Moral Improvement.
4. Economic Reform.

Answer 2

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