THE PROGRESSIVE ERA 1900 1917
PROGRESSIVE POLITICS
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Question
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The spoils system dominated city and state governments throughout the nation.
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The Progressive movement was growing.
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The labor union movement was growing.
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Immigration to the US from Europe was decreasing.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Progressives supported the women’s suffrage movement because many of the reformers were themselves middle-class women who wanted to break down the social segregation of the sexes. One goal of the Progressive movement was to broaden women’s sphere, expanding it past the home to public spaces.
Detailed explanation-2: -While earlier generations discouraged women from participating in public, political movements, society began to embrace female activism in the late nineteenth century. Progressives often argued that women’s politics complemented their traditional roles as wives and mothers, caregivers and keepers of virtue.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Progressive movement was a turn-of-the-century political movement interested in furthering social and political reform, curbing political corruption caused by political machines, and limiting the political influence of large corporations.
Detailed explanation-4: -In the Progressive era, 1870-1920, Womens suffrage became a huge priority for women during this time; especially for the right to vote. Women of middle and upper classes created three groups that were most important to the women’s suffrage movement: the NAWSA, NWSA, AWSA and NWP.