- Reformers and public figures promoted changing views/attitudes about health/fitness.
- People started to have new expectations about the role of government in promoting higher standards for society.
- People taking measures to protect themselves from new threats/modern issues.
- Innovations in transportation allowed people to move around in new ways
- All-encompassing wave of reform included a variety of strategies to attack problems of all kinds.
- Innovations brought improvements and provoked new fears/anxieties, many of which turned out to be unfounded.
Connections:
- betterment of society as a whole for the people through their active participation, innovations and the active cooperation of Government
Thesis:
Progressivism was movement driven by active participation on every spectrum. As a whole, the movement of forward thinking and positive reformation would not have been possible without the cooperation of the government, active participants in the community, and the great innovations of the time period. Progressivism cultivated the United States into a society more aware of its needs socially and economically and overall it proved to be a positive movement.
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