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HIS 303 Week 3 DQ 2 Populists and Progressives (Ash)
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Populists and Progressives. According to much populist rhetoric since
the 1980s, the federal government is too active in domestic affairs,
particularly the economy. Yet, a century earlier, the Populists and
Progressives a agitated to have the federal government intervene more
actively in domestic affairs. Explain why many Americans during this
period from 1880 to 1930 favored a more activist federal government.
Summarize the constitutional views of the Populists and Progressives,
and explain how they differed from the conservative views held by the
Supreme Court and others of the time. What developments led the
Populists and Progressives to call for a more activist federal government?
How did they hope to change the nature of state and federal government
as they expanded its power? On what grounds did conservatives,
especially in the courts, oppose the policies proposed by Populists and
Progressives? What was the impact on American Society of the growing
power of the national government, particularly in economic issues?
When responding to the above questions, reference material from three
of the following documents:
The subjective necessity of social settlements
An economic interpretation of the Constitution of the United States