US HISTORY2
PROMPT:
The Populist and Progressive reformers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries brought
about widespread changes to American politics, economics, and society. In this essay, we
want you to consider the ethics and civics of the reformers. Who were these reformers?
What methods did they use to further their goals through civic engagement? What ethical
considerations did they take into account in pushing reforms?
It is found that the founding fathers of America had fought a battle for securing the
independence from Britain but they also required more founding fathers. The common colonists
then joined the whole fight having unleashed the popular forces which had shaped the whole
Revolution. In order to rebel successfully against Britain, the common colonists also had
collaborated in the fight. These were the popular forces which began shaping the new nation
along with the rest of the whole American History. The populists and the progressive reformers
movements had emerged between the 1890s and the 1900s1. These two movements had many
similarities because these had advocated for the logical reforms. The paper will discuss the ethics
and the civics of the populist and progressive reformers of the late 19th and the early 20th century.
It will also outline who were these reformers , what methods did they use in order to further all
the goals through some civic engagement along with depicting what ethical considerations did
they take into account for pushing the reforms.
The studies show that both the populist and the progressive reformers movements had
become powerful because they had started to push for the political reforms as direct elections,
secret ballots and the women suffrage too2. Notably, the populist movement had been established
1 Alvarez, Sonia E. Cultures of politics/politics of cultures: Revisioning Latin American social movements.
Routledge, 2018.
2 Locke, Joseph L., and Ben Wright, eds. The American Yawp: A Massively Collaborative Open US History
Textbook, Vol. 1: To 1877. Stanford University Press, 2019.

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