-There are several social reforms addressed by progressives. List two that you feel resulted in the greatest effects.
The most significant movement of the late 19th to 20th century was the progressive movement. Progressives came from literally every walk of life and all political parties. Several distinguished things defined progressivism. Concern over industrial effects and conditions, optimism for human nature, an entitled mindset to intervene in other’s lives, frequent calls to authority to enact their reforms, indentifying with Protestantism and the sciences, and the reach to effect the entire nation all distinctly defined the progressive movement. The progressives kick started many reforms, two of which were the prohibition movement …show more content…
Germany and the Central Powers expressed strength and militaristic will, while the Allied Powers appealed to Americans through history and heritage. The U.S. stayed neutral until the Germans continued to ignore boundaries on their U-boats, or submarines. German U-boats were recklessly firing upon any and all ships, and it was Wilson’s peaceful intentions that did not thrust the U.S. into the war earlier. But, the Germans could not resist their aggressive attacks on merchant and freighter ships. Finally, after several U-boat attacks on American ships and bitterly severed ties with Germany, Wilson had come to the conclusion of war. The Germans were secretly trying to gain alliance with Mexico, promising them recovery of land acquired by the U.S., including Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico. After hearing this, Wilson was ready to enter the war, though the government itself was not. Aggressive German action and arrogance continually expressed against the Americans eventually angered them enough to enter the war, siding with the …show more content…
This approach came when a biology teacher John Scopes was accused of teaching evolution in the classroom in Dayton, Tennessee. Under the Butler law, Tennessee had made it illegal to teach evolution in schools. As a result, Scopes went to trial, and through heated debate between William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow and much drama, he was found guilty of violating the Butler law. This trial was one of principle, where both sides were fighting for something greater than simply the crime committed. It was a fight over authority, in which evolution denied the Biblical account of creation and God. The modern scientific principles, namely evolution, were encouraged by Darrow to become the values on which education should be based. Fundamentalism took the victory in the Scopes trial, but lost their leader, William Jennings Bryan, soon after. After Bryan was gone and no one could fill his shoes, evolutionism began slowly seeping its way back into schools. The Scopes trial was a battle representing the older fundamentalist views and the newer modern science, in which fundamentalism was affirmed, but also ridiculed as its appearance seemed to become
The most significant movement of the late 19th to 20th century was the progressive movement. Progressives came from literally every walk of life and all political parties. Several distinguished things defined progressivism. Concern over industrial effects and conditions, optimism for human nature, an entitled mindset to intervene in other’s lives, frequent calls to authority to enact their reforms, indentifying with Protestantism and the sciences, and the reach to effect the entire nation all distinctly defined the progressive movement. The progressives kick started many reforms, two of which were the prohibition movement …show more content…
Germany and the Central Powers expressed strength and militaristic will, while the Allied Powers appealed to Americans through history and heritage. The U.S. stayed neutral until the Germans continued to ignore boundaries on their U-boats, or submarines. German U-boats were recklessly firing upon any and all ships, and it was Wilson’s peaceful intentions that did not thrust the U.S. into the war earlier. But, the Germans could not resist their aggressive attacks on merchant and freighter ships. Finally, after several U-boat attacks on American ships and bitterly severed ties with Germany, Wilson had come to the conclusion of war. The Germans were secretly trying to gain alliance with Mexico, promising them recovery of land acquired by the U.S., including Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico. After hearing this, Wilson was ready to enter the war, though the government itself was not. Aggressive German action and arrogance continually expressed against the Americans eventually angered them enough to enter the war, siding with the …show more content…
This approach came when a biology teacher John Scopes was accused of teaching evolution in the classroom in Dayton, Tennessee. Under the Butler law, Tennessee had made it illegal to teach evolution in schools. As a result, Scopes went to trial, and through heated debate between William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow and much drama, he was found guilty of violating the Butler law. This trial was one of principle, where both sides were fighting for something greater than simply the crime committed. It was a fight over authority, in which evolution denied the Biblical account of creation and God. The modern scientific principles, namely evolution, were encouraged by Darrow to become the values on which education should be based. Fundamentalism took the victory in the Scopes trial, but lost their leader, William Jennings Bryan, soon after. After Bryan was gone and no one could fill his shoes, evolutionism began slowly seeping its way back into schools. The Scopes trial was a battle representing the older fundamentalist views and the newer modern science, in which fundamentalism was affirmed, but also ridiculed as its appearance seemed to become