How did the Progressives deal with the problems of urbanization?

Progressive handles urbanization problems (or urbanization problems they think) in various ways. These include political reforms to reform the society, private actions and government actions.

Progressive believes that one of the problems of urbanization is the power of urban political machinery. Progressive is trying to solve this problem through political reform. They introduced the mayor system, nonpartisan elections and general elections, secret voting, and so on. By doing these things, they break the power of the machine and try to provide more power to the middle class of the city.

Progressive also believes that the behavior of the poor is a problem brought about by urbanization. They tried to solve these problems through private and government actions. The most impressive private action is the establishment of a village. The most famous village is Hull House of Jane Addams in Chicago. Settlement tries to teach poor people (especially poor immigrants) how to live in ordinary middle class. The most noteworthy behavior of the government to solve social problems is the prohibition order. Progressive believes abstinence law solves many urban problems in urbanization. Because these problems are caused by bad men when drunk.

The progressive party also encourages enactment of regulations to combat social illness caused by the greed of wealthy people who believe that the government has urban residents' lives and workplaces. They tried to go through regulations and improve their asset conditions. They passed the law regulating the workplace and tried to improve working conditions.

In all these respects, progressive is trying to cope with the problems caused by urbanization.

Due to the adverse effects of urbanization, many progressiveists are beginning to promote urban reform. Progressive organized settlements in urban areas to support immigrants and urban poor. They support the adoption of laws to improve the living environment in downtown Tokyo. Progressive also supports the law to reduce the power of urban boss and get rid of corruption of urban politics. Not all issues of eradicating city life and eradicating poverty exist, but the efforts of these reforms greatly improved the life of the city.

Progressive believes that one of the problems of urbanization is the power of urban political machinery. Progressive is trying to solve this problem through political reform. They introduced the mayor system, nonpartisan elections and general elections, secret voting, and so on. By doing these things, they break the power of the machine and try to provide more power to the middle class of the city. Progressive also believes that the behavior of the poor is a problem brought about by urbanization. They tried to solve these problems through private and government actions. The most impressive private action is the establishment of a village. The most famous village is Hull House of Jane Addams in Chicago. Settlement tries to teach poor people (especially poor immigrants) how to live in ordinary middle class. The most noteworthy behavior of the government to solve social problems is the prohibition order.