Progressivism in the 1970s
Progressivism, according to the West and Schambra, was a socioeconomic and political reform movement period during the nineteenth and twentieth century America in the 1970s. During this period, various political leaders, social reformers and intellectuals sought to find solutions to the political, cultural, social and economic challenges that had been brought about by the growth of capitalism and the Industrial Revolution in the United States (1). This group of leaders such as President Carter and individuals were termed as progressives who were convinced that some of the changes being witnessed then in America indicated the end of the old ...
