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The Progressive Era | The New Freedom | 5

2025/6/4
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Albert Gehry
C
Chair of the War Labor Policies Board
J
Jane Addams
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Newspaper editor/Spokesman
P
Progressive lawyer
R
Robert La Follette
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Speaker's program organizer
T
Theodore Roosevelt
W
Walter Lippmann
W
Woodrow Wilson
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Robert La Follette: 我坚信美国必须保持中立，卷入欧洲战争只会让贪婪的工业家们受益，牺牲普通民众的利益。我认为威尔逊总统应该明白这一点，但他却在讨论武装民用船只对抗德国人，这无疑是走向战争的一步。我担心一旦我们卷入战争，所有的进步事业都将受到威胁，那些富有的资本家会利用战争来进一步扩大他们的财富。 Woodrow Wilson: 我认为在联邦政府内部实施种族隔离政策是为了缓解种族紧张关系，并且我相信种族隔离最符合有色人种的利益，可以避免摩擦和批评。尽管我承诺过为所有美国人提供公平和平等的待遇，但我认为实现这一目标的方式可能有所不同，并且如果有任何错误，我保证会进行纠正。 Jane Addams: 我担心战争将会使进步倒退一代人，我们之前所做的努力可能会因此而付诸东流。 Walter Lippmann: 我认为战争将促使我们更加关注国内的暴政，例如科罗拉多州的矿山、专制的钢铁行业、血汗工厂和贫民窟。我们将以新的视角审视这些问题，并努力解决它们。

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In 1913, Woodrow Wilson entered the White House, ready to fulfill his promise of a “New Freedom.” It was a vision of domestic reform that aimed to wrest power away from special interests and expand economic opportunities to all. Over the next two years, he fought for lower tariffs, banking reform, and antitrust laws.

But the outbreak of war in Europe threatened to derail his agenda. As America moved closer to the brink of intervention, Progressives wondered whether war would reenergize their movement, or destroy it once and for all.

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