US History › Section K · Progressives and empire › Topic K.2
Progressivism at the grassroots
Before Washington took up reform, Progressives changed how Americans voted, how cities were run and how workers and children were treated, one town and one state at a time. Many of those changes still shape local government today.
In this topic
- Reform from below
- Giving voters more direct power
- Remaking city government
- Worked example: who gained from city reform?
- Experts in office and on the shop floor
- Settlement houses and child labour
- Protecting adult workers
- Worked example: from the Triangle fire to factory law
- Temperance and prohibition
- Radical voices
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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