... the well-established bosses and their political machines. However, urban reformers were often frustrated because state legislatures, controlled by railroads and large corporations, obstructed the municipal struggle for home rule. The Reformers turned to state politics, where progressivism reached its fullest expression. In state after state, progressives advocated a wide range of political, economic, and social reforms. They urged adoption of the secret ballot, direct primaries, the ... initiative, the referendum, and the direct election of senators. They struck at the excessive power o...

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... with their issues. The Progressives were established under Jane Addam's leadership. Instead of this movement being personal like the Populist, this movement focused on "political activism". Middleclass men and women sought to start one of the major movements in social and political reform. They wanted to address the problems of industrialization, urbanization, and immigration. The Progressives were realists who were optimistic and ... felt we should teach them the American ways and values, thus pushing them out of their ethnic neighborhoods and into a more cultivated one. Also, they str...

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... , and made Roosevelt a national hero. His popularity through the Rough riders gave him enough popular strength to become the candidate for Governor of New York, and he won by a landslide. As Governor, he once again distanced himself from the political machines, the same ones that got him elected. Senator Platt thought that he could control Roosevelt, since he did help him keep the ... , including Division and Reunion (1893) and his five-volume History of the American People (1902). In 1902 he was the unanimous choice of the trustees to become Princeton's president. His reforms included re...

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