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In the [[United States]], the '''Progressive Era''' was a movement of [[reform]] that began in America's cities in the [[1890s]] and lasted through the [[1910s]]. Reformers sought change in labor and fiscal policies in different levels of government; initially it was successful at local level, and then it progressed to state and gradually national. |
In the [[United States]], the '''Progressive Era''' was a movement of [[reform]] that began in America's cities in the [[1890s]] and lasted through the [[1910s]]. Reformers sought change in labor and fiscal policies in different levels of government; initially it was successful at local level, and then it progressed to state and gradually national. |
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Many reforms dotted this era, including [[Prohibition]] with the [[Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|18th Amendment]] and [[women's suffrage]] through the [[Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Nineteenth Amendment]] to the U.S. Constitution, both in 1920 as well as the initiation of the [[Income Tax]] with the [[Sixteenth Amendment]] |
Many reforms dotted this era, including [[Prohibition]] with the [[Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|18th Amendment]] and [[women's suffrage]] through the [[Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Nineteenth Amendment]] to the U.S. Constitution, both in 1920 as well as the initiation of the [[Income Tax]] with the [[Sixteenth Amendment]] |
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Revision as of 01:55, 16 December 2004
In the United States, the Progressive Era was a movement of reform that began in America's cities in the 1890s and lasted through the 1910s. Reformers sought change in labor and fiscal policies in different levels of government; initially it was successful at local level, and then it progressed to state and gradually national.
Many reforms dotted this era, including Prohibition with the 18th Amendment and women's suffrage through the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, both in 1920 as well as the initiation of the Income Tax with the Sixteenth Amendment and Direct election of Senators with the Seventeenth Amendment. Muckrakers, a term given to the reaction-producing writers of the time period by President Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909), were among some of the best examples of progressive reformers. Progressives shared a common belief in the ability of human nature to improve by bettering its living and working conditions.
Another famous progressive of the era was Robert M. La Follette, Sr.
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- History of the United States (1865-1918)