From the 1600s, early American society had evolved in an agrarian, sparsely-populated, rural context. In the 1880s and 1890s, few institutions, organizations, laws, codes, or behavioral norms existed to cope with the growth of huge cities, an integrated industrial economy, a large wage-earning work force, a diversifying population, or the often-necessary changes occurring in behavior or in social constructs like the family or the workplace. So here’s the essay question: “How did the Progressives attempt to re-invent American society to cope with industrialization and urbanization?”
You’ll need to discuss the following factors:
(1) What distinguished the Progressives from prior American leaders? (This part of the question corresponds with learning objective (a), Identify who the Progressives were, and why (not in terms of individual people, but in terms of a socio-economic class of Americans).)
(2) The rise of universal public education, professionalism, and skilled labor and trade unionism in the United States. (This part of the question relates to learning objectives (b) Understand and explain Progressive ideology – the conceptual and intellectual justifications for reform, and the methods by which reform would be achieved; and (c) Narrate examples of Progressive reform in areas such as politics, economic management, social policy, and infrastructure and resource management.)
(3) The re-creation of American government based on public services (which largely had not existed before), including, for example, law enforcement, emergency response, public education systems, and new laws, codes and regulations such as product, building or electrical codes, public safety codes, and legislation affecting civil rights and behavior. (This part of the essay question corresponds to learning objectives (b) Understand and explain Progressive ideology – the conceptual and intellectual justifications for reform, and the methods by which reform would be achieved; and (c) Narrate examples of Progressive reform in areas such as politics, economic management, social policy, and infrastructure and resource management.
(4) Broadening the political and economic rights of groups of Americans who, historically, had been shut out of politics, government and economic activities such as ownership, including the working classes, women and minorities. (This part of the essay question relates to learning objective (d) of this section: Analyze the relative successes, failures, and long-term significance of Progressive reform and reach conclusions based on factual evidence.
(5) Finally, problems the Progressives failed to address adequately, for example, disparities in wealth and influence, or issues of inequality relating to gender, race, ethnicity, and wealth. (This part of the essay question also relates to learning objective (d) of this section: Analyze the relative successes, failures, and long-term significance of Progressive reform and reach conclusions based on factual evidence.
Notes:
1. The five factors above (“a” through “e”) are the linchpins of your essay; together they form an outline of what the Progressives tried to do to reform American society to better handle the realities of the Industrial Revolution. Miss a discussion of any of them, and you’ve left out a big chunk of your answer.
2. Notice that, like in the first essay, the five factors for discussion are largely pulled from the list of concepts and/or events in the section introduction.
3. Again, like in the first essay, the documents listed in the second section will give you the information, insight, and specific evidence or case-examples to write a credible essay. Use them in your essay directly and cite them.
4. A hint: Using the Progressive concept of the “mixed economy” to write a conclusion to your essay is a good choice. It ties a lot of things together neatly. While it’s not necessary in order to do well on this essay, think about contrasting the “mixed economy” with the “laissez faire” system that proceeded it.
5. You are, of course, welcome to give your opinions about any of these factors; give them an historical foundation if you can, however.
6. The relevant reading in The American Yawp is in chapter 20.
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