Weyl

"We are in a period of clamor, of bewilderment, of an almost tremulous unrest. We are hastily revising all our social conceptions. We are hastily testing all our political ideals." Weyl's description reflected the widespread popular expectation for change. Reform was "in the air" almost every where, and many different individuals and groups joined the crusade, often with quite different expectations. The variety of competing organizations seeking to reform politics could, and did, produce nearly …

…and women in politics. The outcome of the political changes of the Progressive era, following in the heels of the political realignment of the 1890's, was a revamped pattern of politics, significantly different from that of the nineteenth century. The long-term changes in the structure and function of government wrought during these decades fundamentally altered American politics and government in the twentieth century. The Progressive era gave birth to many aspects of modern American politics.