Maureen Flanagan

    .     According to Maureen Flanagan.  “Progressivism did not create a perfect world.  Some of its results can seem dubious at best in terms whether they were progress. But progressives believed that people possessed the intelligence and the will to continue to fashion a good democratic society.  Despite its shortcomings, progressivism made the United States a far more orderly, well-regulated and fairer society by than it had been in the 1890s.”  Drawing on Flanagan, Piott, Leuchtenburg, the documentaries, lectures,. and your own interpretations: a. Explain and evaluate the shortcomings of  progressivism. in TWO  of the following three realms: social justice, politics, and the economy between the 1890s and mid 1920s.  (Hint:  What is a shortcoming to one person is progress to another, so be sure to explain why you think shortcoming are shortcomings.) b.  Explain and evaluate the progress made by progressivism in the  TWO topics you have chosen between the 1890s and  mid 1920s.  (Hint: What is progress to one person is a shortcoming to another, so be sure to explain why you think progress is progress). c.  Conclude by briefly explaining whether you agree or disagree that the United States was “a far more orderly, well-regulated and fairer society” by the mid 1920s than it had been in the 1890s.