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The progressives strongly supported education, science, and medicine, and saw ignorance as the main problem to overcome.  They wanted to purify society, and most supported prohibition and woman suffrage.  [[Jane Addams]] was the most prominent leader outside government.

The progressives strongly supported education, science, and medicine, and saw ignorance as the main problem to overcome.  They wanted to purify society, and most supported prohibition and woman suffrage.  [[Jane Addams]] was the most prominent leader outside government.

[[Progressive Ideology]] also influenced American business, with entrepreneurs like [[Henry Ford]], [[Andrew Carnegie]], [[John D. Rockefeller]] and [[J. P. Morgan]], who promoted efficiency. they also gave strong support to philanthropy and to religion, especially worldwide Christian missions.

[[Progressive Ideology]] also influenced American business, with entrepreneurs like [[Henry Ford]], [[Andrew Carnegie]], [[John D. Rockefeller]] and [[J. P. Morgan]], who promoted efficiency. They also gave strong support to philanthropy and to religion, especially worldwide Christian missions.

[[Booker T. Washington]] was the leading progressive voice in the African American community.

[[Booker T. Washington]] was the leading progressive voice in the African American community.

In 1912 Roosevelt created a new party, the "Progressive Party" to run for president, but he lost and the party faded away.  The 1912 party is only a small part of the entire Progressive movement.

In 1912 Roosevelt created a new party, the "Progressive Party" to run for president, but he lost and the party faded away.  The 1912 party is only a small part of the entire Progressive movement.

The Progressive Era lasted from the 1890s to the 1920s, and influenced all sectors of American society.  From the perspective of conservatives in the 21st century, many aspects of the drive for efficiency and against corruption win wide approval.  Liberals are split in their evaluation, with many approving the growth of federal power and others opposed to the middle class moralism of the progressives.  

The Progressive Era lasted from the 1890s to the 1920s, and influenced all sectors of American society.  From the perspective of conservatives in the 21st century, many aspects of the drive for efficiency and against corruption win wide approval.  Liberals are split in their evaluation, with many approving the growth of federal power and others opposed to the middle class moralism of the progressives.

==Reform ideas==

==Reform ideas==