Progressives In The 1800s
Riley Mangieri 12-19-15 Mr. Rauschenbach Grade 8 Progressives in the late 1800’s-1900’s
Our nation lost its way during the Gilded Age (1870s-1920s). The Gilded Age was a term made up by Mark Twain due to him having a book called the Gilded Age, which satirized American society in the late 1800s. It was a time of government corruption, poverty, and awful labor conditions but it being covered up by big businesses, or “gilded”. Progressives were people who were advocating social reforms such as the prohibition of alcohol sales,the riddance of the spoils system, and women’s suffrage. Examples of these Progressives included Progressives took it upon themselves to better the nation and live up to America being a free and opportunistic country.
One of the goals of Progressives was temperance, or not consuming alcohol. In the mid-1800s, alcohol was commonly blamed for violent family problems or criminal acts. In 1874, women Progressives from many different background made a union called the WCTU, or the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union. They fought for state laws that would restrict to ban alcohol. Frances Willard was the leader of the union and created over 10,000 branches and forced 1,000 saloons to shut down. Carry Nation had a more violent way of carrying on the movement. …show more content…
It was a time in which the government was “gilded”. There were many problems, some of these including the spoils system, violence issues being caused by alcohol, and women not having the right to vote. These problems were also solved throughout this period through protesting and fighting for the morals of this country. Overall, his time period showed the worst of our country and how we fixed these issues and once again began to live up to the morals we were formed
Our nation lost its way during the Gilded Age (1870s-1920s). The Gilded Age was a term made up by Mark Twain due to him having a book called the Gilded Age, which satirized American society in the late 1800s. It was a time of government corruption, poverty, and awful labor conditions but it being covered up by big businesses, or “gilded”. Progressives were people who were advocating social reforms such as the prohibition of alcohol sales,the riddance of the spoils system, and women’s suffrage. Examples of these Progressives included Progressives took it upon themselves to better the nation and live up to America being a free and opportunistic country.
One of the goals of Progressives was temperance, or not consuming alcohol. In the mid-1800s, alcohol was commonly blamed for violent family problems or criminal acts. In 1874, women Progressives from many different background made a union called the WCTU, or the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union. They fought for state laws that would restrict to ban alcohol. Frances Willard was the leader of the union and created over 10,000 branches and forced 1,000 saloons to shut down. Carry Nation had a more violent way of carrying on the movement. …show more content…
It was a time in which the government was “gilded”. There were many problems, some of these including the spoils system, violence issues being caused by alcohol, and women not having the right to vote. These problems were also solved throughout this period through protesting and fighting for the morals of this country. Overall, his time period showed the worst of our country and how we fixed these issues and once again began to live up to the morals we were formed