Donald Trump: Examining The Progressive Movement

With healthcare reform and the recent government shutdown, one might want to know what has made our country so divided. The truth of the matter is that our nation is still broken up into distinct regions with ideologies dating back to the first settlers. Although our nation was strongly initiated on the grounds of revolution and liberty, the entire country has not always had the same views. While we as a country have been through a great number of immigration waves, civil war, and reform, the nation is still divided into two significant blocs with opposing ideologies. While hear in the Northern alliance of reform we do not feel as much tension because of our

America is the leading power in the world. Although to other countries we may seem like a well bonded country, we are divided. Democrats and Republicans in the past have never been this angry at each other in a long time. The last time our nation has been this divided was during the Civil War and events that partook after. Statistics in this past election show that 54% of Republicans our in disapproval of Democrats. While Democrats show a 55% disapproval toward Republicans (Election News). This divide started in 2008 when John McCain elected Sarah Palin to be his Vice President in the election vs. at the time Senator Barack Obama. After Obama was elected President, the Alt-Right and Conservatives were afraid that they would not have another Republican in office again. Back when Eisenhower was elected, Democrats and Republicans showed a 60% approval rating of him when elected into office (Thinker,America). From Lincoln to Trump on the other hand, Democrats nowadays are not happy with the New Republican Party. Then in 2015 Donald Trump announced his candidacy for president. He than attracted the Alt-Right with his talks and inciting fear into Americans. Nowadays America is divided and

The Progressive Era was a period that changed America greatly due to political reforms and social activism. This era brought forth many changes in America and almost all Americans were involved in this movement somehow. This period began in the late 1800s and lasted until the mid-1900s. The Progressive Era was one of the biggest movements in America. The main point of this movement was to purify the government. Several historians have wrote excerpts on their perspective of the Progressive Era. George Mowry, Joseph Huthmacher, and Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore are three key Progressive historians. In their writings, each of the historians explain who the Progressives were, who was affected during this time, events that took place in the community and government, and other topics.

The Progressive movement occurred after the civil war moving into the 20th Century and into the first World War. It focused on four main goals: Cleaning up politics, limiting power of big businesses, reducing poverty, and promoting social justice. In this paper, I will show some of the attempts to accomplish these goals, and some of the failures of the movements.

During the Progressive Era, many citizens attempted to stop the racism within former confederate states by exposing the horrors of the wrongdoings, through speeches, protests, literature and other means of expression, who were known as progressives. One progressive, Ida B. Wells. helped to expose lynchings and racial discrimination through the use of bold and clear literature. Another, Booker T. Washington, believed that blacks should become more economically independent, so that discrimination will eventually cease. W.E.B. Dubois, another progressive, wanted and expressed instant racial equality through the use of forming groups and classic literature.

1st sub-topic- Progressives believed that the American society was ill due to unjust with the workers and farmers, in other words corruption.

During the Progressive Era, which was known as a large reform movement, there was a widespread across the United States of political reform and social activism. The main focus and goal of the Progressives and their movement was lowering government involvement and eliminating corruption in the government. Progressives reacted to problems caused by large factories and cities. Furthermore, they attacked big corporations, such as the Armour meat-packing company and others, for how harsh their practices were. The progressives exposed these companies and how they treated workers, removed competitors, and set high prices. The meatpacking industry capitalized when the growth of livestock farming in the Midwest started to grow rapidly. Meatpacking companies and industries, such as the Armour meat-packing company, handle the slaughtering, processing, and distribution of animals including cattle and pigs. Although the meatpacking industry created a lot of jobs, working in a meatpacking company was not luxurious because the factories were unsanitary, unregulated, and tremendously dangerous.

When it comes to the American Progressive Era there is really no other movement like it. This was a movement that had not just one but many faces that ranged from people as big as Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson to people like Jane Addams that accomplished so much. It was a movement so broad that it encompassed basically everyone and spoke not just to but for all those excluded from power. It also wasn’t just one big movement but a conglomeration of them varying from social, to economic, to political. After the Gilded Age and the rapid start of Industrialization many Americans were concerned that urbanization as well as trusts and monopolies were taking over the nation. In theory the Progressive movement was a response to this as well as the breakdown of representative government, the exploitation of women and children, and the growth of financial and industrial concentration.

In 1898, many things were happening in America, some of which were good and some of which were bad. I think that the most important thing going on in America at this time is the Progressives. The Progressives were a group that focused on fixing the problems of America, and there were a lot of them. These people were the main reason that work environments became better and caused many people to obtain more rights. They were also a major factor in making people’s living conditions better. Many of these progressives were photographers, journalists, and writers. Using their skills to help the single most important thing in America, the people. How can a nation function and develop if the people coming into it and living in it are living in poverty

The United States is a country that has been built on political, economical and social reform. One revolutionary era in particular that has played a major role in the establishment of new laws and acts which are used today is the Progressive Era. The Progressive Era was an age of political reform during the late 1800’s to early 1920’s, which also contained a lot of social advocacy for workers’ rights. Before the social reforms began in this era, there were numerous instances where poor and immigrant individuals were abused by corrupt political systems. In order to expose the corruption, many journalists who became known as “muckrakers” began writing for popular magazines during the Progressive Era. One journalist who ultimately shed the

The rapid industrialization of United States in the late part of the 19th Century challenged the political, economic and judicial system in every possible way. The impeachment of President Andrew Johnson weakened the executive branch for many years until President Theodore Roosevelt came into power. A new progressive movement of positive government started emerging at both federal and state level. This government was ought to take a more proactive role to reform government that could address the new needs of society, like the access to public education, better economic policies to benefit the middle class, improve their working conditions, and access to health care.

Throughout American history, we have been through some difficult times, but our hope for the future is that we will work together, put others’ before ourselves, and be prepared for what will happen.

The progressive movement started in 1880 and ended in 1920 after the first world war. Progressives. Many different types of people were labeled as progressive supporters at the turn of the century. The middle class, wealthy, both republicans and democrats, male and females, and the educated. Progressivist sought to correct political and social reform across the United States. During this era of American history many accomplishments were made to United States laws that helped move forward the goals of the progressive movement.

There is a remarkable amount of turmoil in our country and those around the world. So much so, that it seems as if the world is going mad, perhaps coming to an end. It has become a daily burden to hear the media discuss the division in this country, yet no one can seem to understand how we got here; how we managed to let ourselves cascade into a downward spiral so deep that it appears as if there is no way to recover. This essay is driven by the reasons for this discord: the main factor being the inability of the government to take into account the needs and wants of the people. As a result, we find ourselves with a Donald Trump presidency, which is being seen as controversial with some people in total agreement with im and his policies and others totally against. And we are forced to ask ourselves:

The Progressive Movement started in 1890 as a social movement but later grew into a political movement. The movement raised awareness to social reform issues relating to education, unionization, women’s suffrage, child labor, etcetera. The Progressive Era also exposed corruption in businesses and how the government was able to possess more power to regulate the economy. The Progressive Movement gave nearly everyone the equality and fair treatment they deserved.