Progressive Movement
... Progressivism was a native-born Protestant middle-class movement, including new white-collar professionals that were concerned about helping the poor, the immigrants and the working class. During the movements and new policies, the poor and other groups like the African Americans, who had problems were somewhat left out of the reform plans due to the progressive leaders still thinking in stereotypical racial terms. ... The Meat Inspection and Pure Food and Drug Acts represented typical progressive reform measures because they benefited both business and the consumer. ... Theodore Roosevelt nor Woodrow Wilson was an advance progressive, yet during their administration, progressivism achieved success. ... The progressive movement expanded the meaning of democracy and challenged the cynical view that government was nothing but a tool of the rich.