The Populist Party generally regarded as a failure by historians because it did not address the realities of an industrial economy and could not last.
A Progressive goal of the Salvation Army was to recruit followers to join their militiary.
One of the goals for some advocates of the Progressive movement was laissez-faire economy.
Socialists was the name given to the group of investigative journalists who uncovered corruption in business and government in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Upton Sinclair and Lincoln Steffens are known for forming alliances that helped farmers with their credit problems.
Ida M. Tarbell’s investigations reveal because of corruption in city governments.
Election of mayors instead of hiring city managers was part of the Progressive movement.
