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    California is a Progressive state whose progressive political ideology originates from the American Progressive Era of the 1800s and continues to influence state legislation today. During the late 1800s and early 1900s‚ the political unrest in response to anti-suffrage for women and monopolies created a climate for reform to take places in California. Progressives shaped California by bringing public attention to a multitude of issues ranging from human rights to food and water supply. Progressive ideology

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    by building a timeline of certain events related to the Progressive Era. You will also enter notes into a table and create a presentation based on your timeline and the notes you took. These tasks will help you understand the importance of the historical context and chronological sequence of these events. __________________________________________________________________________ Directions and Analysis Task 1: Organizing the Progressive Era For this task‚ you will create a timeline to show the chronological

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    The Progressive Era was a time that began with realization and frustration by society‚ and resulted in activism and reform. Progressivism‚ in its inception‚ was strictly a social movement‚ but soon grew into an all-encompassing philosophy. Many different people from many different backgrounds added fuel to the fire that was progressivism. It’s accurate to say that local level reforms and the idea of power to the people were large aspects of the movement. But looking closely at the idea of progressivism

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    The Progressive Movement was started as a response to political and business abuses. Many people were suffering from unhealthy living and working conditions. There were also injustices in the government. Reforms were initiated by individuals and groups of people to improve this. One problem people were facing was women’s voting rights. Beginning in the mid 1800’s‚ several woman suffrage supporters did whatever they could to fight for their right to vote. Women were not allowed to vote until 1920

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    Although the Progressive movement is usually seen as a great achievement in the history of American development‚ some feel that the Progressives failed to comply with the standards of equality and justice they had set out to create. The Progressive movement was instigated as a reaction to the political and corporate abuses created by the Industrial Revolution‚. Religious groups‚ members of the press‚ and radical political groups had all been hungering for reform‚ with solutions ranging from subtle

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    The Progressives vs. Today The Progressive Era was a time of reform taking place from the 1890s to the 1920s. During the Progressive Era‚ women’s rights‚ African American’s rights‚ and child labor were key issues dealt with. This Era had an overall attitude of toughness‚ and a parent might tell their child something along the lines of‚ "Man up and deal with it." But how would someone from the Progressives view our society today? During the Progressive Era‚ efforts were focused on land

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    The Progressive agenda was the movement in which social activists and those who were educated‚ wanted to address the economic‚ political‚ and cultural questions that had risen with the rapid change of the Industrial Revolution‚ and the growth of America. Multiple groups and leaders fought for women’s rights‚ African American rights‚ and workers’ rights. The philosophies‚ agendas‚ strategies‚ and approaches of these leaders and organizations are different yet similar. It was difficult for the Progressive

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    variety of people advocated for major reforms that would make the United States more democratic‚ but Progressive Reformers differed on their goals‚ as well as their methods. This lack of an ability to speak with one voice hindered the progress with which reform took place. There were also major reform movements that met with failure‚ and as well‚ many areas that were ignored. However‚ when the Progressive Reform movement came to an end in

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    Who Were the Progressives? (ca. 1890s-1910s) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Even more energetic a sphere of historical controversy than that over the Populists is the historians’ argument over the Progressive movement. The Progressives were a heterogeneous collection of reformers. Active chiefly in the nation’s cities and the urban mass media (and in the legislatures of such states as Wisconsin and New York)‚ the Progressives carried out efforts

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    “The Georgia Progressive Hall of Fame” There are many reasons why Woodrow Wilson‚ Oliver Wendell Holmes‚ Jr.‚ and Henry Grady should become nominated to be charter members of the Progressive Hall of Fame. A Progressive is a person who favors a wide range of reforms including economic‚ social‚ political and moral. All of these gentleman have incorporated honor and justice into the tasks they have completed throughout there lives‚ each resembling the advancement and reorganization of the

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