Theme Of The Progressive Movement
There was many good things that came from the progressive era, thanks to Roosevelt we have safe food and medicine. The trust were broken down, no one cooperation could hold a monopoly. Big business was on the way out, and more rights were to be given to the people. Women were given the right to vote, but at the same time the blacks lost their rights in the south. The text states "The progressive era also witnessed numerous restrictions on democratic participation." (P122) While more freedoms was the theme of the progressive movement, it limited said freedoms to those of education and wealth. "The progressive movement represented a significant reversal of the idea that voting was an inherent right of American citizenship" (p123).