摘要：1896—1917年间的是美国历史的转型期，美国基本完成了城市化和工业化历程。伴随着社会转型期的阵痛，美国社会呈现出了种种问题，比如政治腐败、贫富差异、环境污染等等，当时的美国社会从民间到各级政府都在寻找解决社会所面临的各种严重问题的途径，这一社会性的努力被称为进步主义运动。其中，面对政治腐败问题，有识之士在新的理念的指导下，进行地方、州和联邦的改革。这场改革涉及政治、经济等各个方面，并由此建立起了现代市政体制，扩大了民主权利，改革了赋税制度等，为美国崛起为世界性的现代强国奠定了基础，也对世界各国的改革提供了借鉴意义。

关键词 进步主义运动  州政改革  市政改革

Abstract 1896-1917 is a transitional period of the history of the United States,USA basically completed the city and industrialization process. With the social transformation period pains, American society had a variety of problems, such as political corruption, the difference between rich and poor, the environmental pollution and so on, then American society from folk to all levels of government were looking for ways to solve the serious problems facing society, this social effort called the progressive movement. Among them, in the face of political corruption, a person with breadth of vision in the new ideas, reform of local, state and federal. This reform involved politics, economy, and thus established a modern municipal system, expanded the democratic rights, reform of the tax system, as the rise of America laid the foundation for the modern world powers of reform in countries all over the world, but also provide a reference.

Key words The progressive movement  State politics reforms  Municipal reforms