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Progressivism in the United States
At the turn of the 20th century, the United States was experiencing incredible output in industrialization and urbanization. As adolescent America was experiencing one of its first major growth spurts, many idealists took it upon themselves to set in motion reforms to keep America balanced and accountable. These people came to be known as the "progressives." Progressivism was a largely bipartisan movement with such faces in the forefront as Woodrow Wilson, William Taft, Theodore Roosevelt, and William Bryan. Three of the main issues targeted by the progressives were democracy; social justice and equality; and economic reform. All of these issues were tackled on a local, state, and national level.
Progressivist's believed that economic privilege and corrupt government policies threatened democracy in the U.S. They also believed that true democracy had been taken out of the Electoral College system. To remedy this they came up with 2 major......

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