25 points! how did progressives try to clean up the nations moral problem? 1 paragraph needed

Politically, it fostered a reform movement that sought cures for the problems of city, state,and nation. Intellectually, it drew on the expertise of the new social sciences and reflected a shift from older absolutes such as religion to newer schools of thoughts that emphasized relativism and the role of the environment in human development. Culturally, it inspired fresh modes of expression in dance, film, painting, literature, and architecture. Touching individuals in different ways, progressivism became a set of attitudes as well as
a definable movement.