Wilson and Dewey
While Progressives Woodrow Wilson and John Dewey differed greatly in their assessment of what was wrong with our country, they shared a similar view that our government needed to be actively involved in all the reforms that needed to take place. Wilson and Dewey both felt that our existing constitution was outdated. They believed that our constitutional system needed to be changed into and ever evolving thing that was fueled by new scientific advancements and bureaucracy.
Woodrow Wilson believed that our constitution limited our national government, and advocated that those limits be relaxed or altogether removed. He felt that our government should not be limited to unchanging truths, such as items like our Declaration of
While Progressives Woodrow Wilson and John Dewey differed greatly in their assessment of what was wrong with our country, they shared a similar view that our government needed to be actively involved in all the reforms that needed to take place. Wilson and Dewey both felt that our existing constitution was outdated. They believed that our constitutional system needed to be changed into and ever evolving thing that was fueled by new scientific advancements and bureaucracy.
Woodrow Wilson believed that our constitution limited our national government, and advocated that those limits be relaxed or altogether removed. He felt that our government should not be limited to unchanging truths, such as items like our Declaration of