Progressive Movement Analysis

C1. The second progressive thought came from the religious values during what they called the social gospel movement, claiming that Christians would use their teachings to correct public problems. Leaders such John Ryan and Dorothy Day and eventually Martin Luther King Jr also believed in the same values and led many of the social movements. The progressive movement would not have been possible with these key people and their inspirational and moral values. Progressives that worked in these faith-based traditions used their religious morals to change society during industrialization and helped expose how workers were exploited to find ways to improve life. They believed that people were all equal in God’s eyes and deserve to be treated that

It created much division within the political realm and the parties began to show themselves. For example, those who supported the annexation were members of the Republican party, which believed that capitalism and national defense were key. The logic on behalf of the pineapple and sugar farmers was that if Hawaii became a territory that they would avoid paying taxes that had been imposed on those outside the US, which then Hawaii was. The Republicans claimed the military would have an advantage in Hawaii due to the filing stations they had available to them. Also believing that since England and Japan had attempted to claim Hawaii before that eventually, they would win. Now in the other side, those who were against the annexation aligned themselves with the Democratic party, which thought that Hawaii should stay its own independent nation. They believed that if Hawaii became a part of the United States that it would negatively impact the purchase and of the smaller struggling nations. But more importantly, they thought that leaving Hawaii alone would benefit the sugar and pineapple farmers when it came to the economy. They also stated that the annexation of Hawaii contradicted the Monroe Doctrine which said that country that colonized with other nations for political and economic advantages are prohibited. Due to the annexation, the production of sugar became Hawaii’s main source of income over

Those that were for annexing the island based it on the business interests and industrialization of the United States. Which made perfect sense to them as all they wanted to do was expand and more than anything that didn’t want to lose out on the Philippines to Japan of Germany. Of course, there those that were against the annex stated that islands were 6000 miles away from the Pacific coast, so what good would have the island do