1. I would define progress as "Forward or onward movement towards a destination" (Oxford Dictionary).
2. The Progressive Era refers to the 20th century, a time where a lot of changes were being talked about and made. Some examples are Prohibition, restricting immigration, the regulation of child labor, and managing naturally occurring resources. (Digital History)
3. Some of the themes that movements during the Progressive Era have in common are the hope to eliminate corruption of the government, regulate businesses, gain more control over the government for the average person, and to fix health dangers and work conditions. (Digital History)
4a. Essential Goals: Fixing Child Labor, Women's Suffrage Movement, Civil Rights
4b. Good Goals: Fix Health Dangers, Fix Working Conditions
4c. Strange Goals: "Trust Busting", Conservation of Nature
4d. Not a Good Idea: Temperance Movement
Sources:
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/progress
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/era.cfm?eraid=11
https://www.gilderlehrman.org/content/infographic-reform-movements-progressive-era
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