Goals of progressives

One was to change other people by having them adopt the Progressive vision of middle class behavior and thoughts. This particularly applied to issues of recreation and leisure, the status of the family, sexual orientation and behavior. Progressives sought to revive a sense of Victorian family and social values early in the 20th century. Another goal was to end the class conflict between the upper class and the middle and lower class. In addition to that goal, another one was to affect a measure of control over big business. And last but not least, to segregate society into groups, based on occupation (labor, management, etc) race, sex (law protecting women insured secondary status in employment), and Immigration status. Segregation of the races was seen by Progressives as a method of stabilizing race relations.