HISTORY 40C Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Gilded Age, Political Corruption, Economic Inequality
8 Jun 2016
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1900-1920 was a period of progressive movement and it advocated measures to deal with the problems of industrial capitalism by using the power of government. Mark twain wrote that late 19th century was the gilded age because it glittered and full of wealth but underneath this glitter there was. Individualism run rampant without concern for larger social good. Progressive was a loose label taken by many different movements of reform. Was adopted within both political parties between 1900-1920. Theodore roosevelt (1901-1909) republican reformer took country in a very activist direction. Trust buster tried to bust up concentrations of money and capital. Tried to create the progressive party but didn"t work. They wanted greater government regulation of the new corporate/industrial order. They wanted to eliminate corruption in government and have a moral improvement of the citizens. Progressives sought to use new professions sociology, economics, urban planning to accomplish these goals.
