A. With too many elders, the population would be without necessary amount of labor to supply the needs. Encouraging women to work and raise children, the government would obviously have more wealth because women would be working and they would also have a plan for the future, which are the children, that in whitin a while would have the appropriate age to work and be in the market.
Progressivism is the advocacy for improvement by reform. This movement was used by Wilson in his endeavors for change. In 1917, he stablished the War Industries Board to supervise production of war materials. He used his authority to mobilize the nation and use advancements in science and technology for the fulfillment of his mission.