An Overview
With hopes of making progress towards a better country, the Progressive Era was filled with social and political reform lasting roughly from the 1890s to the 1920s. There were fights for equal rights during this time such as women’s rights to vote as well as fair industrialization practices. “The worldview of Progressive reformers was based on certain key assumptions. The first was that human nature could be improved through the enlightened application of regulations, incentives, and punishments. The second key assumption was that the power of the federal government could be harnessed to improve the individual and transform society. These two assumptions were not shared by political conservatives, who tended to believe that human nature was unchanging and that the federal government should remain limited in size and scope.” (Khan Academy).
During the Progressive Era, many people were against the United States getting involved in World War I. Thousands of citizens were charged with conspiring against the government for their disagreement and actions towards the war. “Their stories are a testament to how fragile civil liberties and freedom can be when threatened by militarism and the security state.” (Ceballos). This was a very important point in history because of what it represents. Today, there are not many anti-war websites and rarely ever any stories or coverage about it on the news. This could be because our society does not want to encourage anti-war.
Khan Academy link: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/rise-to-world-power/age-of-empire/a/the-progressive-era
WWI Anti-War link: https://depts.washington.edu/antiwar/WW1_reds.shtml
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