Question

"We see the bad with the good, the debased and decadent with the sound and vital. With this vision we approach new affairs. Our duty is to cleanse, to reconsider, to restore, to correct the evil without impairing the good, to purify and humanize every process of our common life without weakening or sentimentalizing it. There has been something crude and heartless and unfeeling in our haste to succeed and be great. Our thought has been 'Let every man look out for himself, let every generation look out for itself,' while we reared giant machinery which made it impossible that any but those who stood at the levers of control should have a chance to look out for themselves. We had not forgotten our morals. We remembered well enough that we had set up policy which was meant to serve the humblest as well as the most powerful, with an eye single to the standards of justice and fair play, and remembered it with pride. But we were very heedless and in a hurry to be great.
We have come now to the sober second thought. The scales of heedlessness have fallen from our eyes. We have made up our minds to square every process of our national life again with the standards we so proudly set up at the beginning and have always carried at our hearts. Our work is a work of restoration."—Woodrow Wilson, from his First Inaugural Address, 1913
a. Briefly explain how the text excerpt reflects the ideals of the Progressive Movement.
b. Briefly explain ONE development or event of the period 1900−1920 that supports your explanation.
c. Briefly explain a SECOND development or event of the period 1900−1920 that also reflects the ideals of the Progressive Movement.

Answer 1

A-The text excerpt reflects the ideals of the Progressive Movement in that it establishes the intentions of the Wilson Administration to “to cleanse, to reconsider, to restore, to correct the evil without impairing the good, to purify and humanize every process of our common life without weakening or sentimentalizing it. ”In other words, to right  wrongs such as slavery, unfairness to women and other members of society, for allowing farming areas to decline and the many other injustices that led to social inequality committed “in our haste to succeed and be great.”  

B-In Woodrow Wilson´s presidency, The Federal Trade Commission was introduced to control the growth of monopolies.

C-The Federal Reserve Act was also introduced to regulate the country´s money and banking system.