Progressivism As A Forward Looking Movement

“Progressives were optimistic and forward-looking.” Progressives sought to correct the evils of their present time in the hopes of creating a promising future for America. They looked at modern problems and sought to correct them so that the future Americans would never have to deal with them. Utopians like Edward Bellamy and his followers are evidence of the forward-looking progressives. They envisioned a new America in the future that would no longer have any problems. …

…be solved overnight. Therefore, they observed modern problems and sought to correct them so that they would not exist in the future. The Meat Inspection Act of 1906 was still coming into effect in the 1980s when food products were required to have nutrition labels. This shows progressive reforms are still coming into effect. The progressive movement was forward-looking because it was trying to solve modern problems to create an ideal future for the American nation.