Structural Reform and the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Amendments
CLEP History of the United States II, Chapter 6 Structural reform changed the route to power Progressives often argued that corrupt outcomes arose from political machinery rather than simply bad individuals. They redesigned ballots, nominations, lawmaking, municipal administration, taxation, and representation. Each reform shifted a decision from one actor to another: parties to government printers, […]
Progressivism, Muckraking, Pragmatism, and Social Investigation
CLEP History of the United States II, Chapter 6 Progressivism was a method before it was one platform Progressive reformers disagreed about socialism, prohibition, race, labor, business size, and federal power. They shared greater confidence that investigation, expertise, publicity, organization, and government could address problems created by industrial society. Journalists documented corporate and municipal systems; […]
