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What established direct primaries?
Robert M. LaFollette(Progressives)
How did Progressives plan to improve government?
Progressives believed that the government should have policies that protected workers. They also thought government should help the poor.
What are Progressives and Muckrakers?
Progressives were reformers who worked to improve social and political problems, begining in the late 1800s; Muckrakers were mostly progressives who exposed political corruption in big business through journalism in order to bring about reform.
What were progressives most concerned with?
socioeconomic issues
What is true of the 1912 presidential election apex?
Black Progressives supported Wilson - Apex
How did the progressives fight corruption in business and in government?
Progressives often fight corruption by adding agencies to fight it. Businesses are generally not adept at buying progressive votes. They generally stick to conservative lawmakers.
How did progressives fight corruption?
they fought in the war 1812
What was the nickname of the journalists who helped progressives fight poverty crime and disease?
Muckrackers
What common belief was used by progressives to fight prostitution?
women were naturally good and gentle
Progressives generally believed there should be?
Progressives pushed for changes in city governments in order to fight the old "machine politics of Gilded Age.
How did progressive fight corruption in business and government?
Progressives often fight corruption by adding agencies to fight it. Businesses are generally not adept at buying progressive votes. They generally stick to conservative lawmakers.
What motivated progressives and industrialists to unite in the push prohibition?
Progressives wanted to reduce alcohol abuse, drunkenness, and their associated issues (crime, poverty, etc.) and industrialists wanted to battle absenteeism in the workplace. Thus, the groups united to fight for prohibition.
What did the progressives focus?
The Progressives focused on the Urban poor.
What did progressives focus on?
The Progressives focused on the Urban poor.
Who did the Progressives oppose and why?
progressives support.....wait forgot sorry
What is the name of the political movement that opposed machine politics?
The progressives! The progressives!
Where do Progressives place on the political spectrum?
Progressives were in the middle of the political spectrum
