HIST 2112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Meat Packing Industry, Federal Meat Inspection Act, Hull House
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Introduction: the progressive era was an age of reform social , progressivism was not one unified movement but was a political changes took place collection of reform impulses (umbrella term, origins of progressivism. Progressives were generally college-educated assimilate. middle class reformers who saw friction between poor and rich. They were troubled by poverty and gaps in wealth, dangerous working conditions, experiences of immigrants how to help them. Data & research was important to solve issues. Use information to make a problem more visible to the public (ex: The progressives were people who: embraced liberalism. Were against laissez faire workers, welfare of the people. Government should be very involved protect. The belief that social problems are solved through government action and therefore the government should be more active. And believed that proper legislation, research and expertise could solve social problems. They often disagreed as to the extent to which government should be involved.
