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The Progressive Era reshaped American society, bringing trust-busting, worker protections, women's suffrage, consumer safeguards, and a stronger federal government. But it also revealed deep flaws—racism, exclusion, and moral crusades like prohibition. Explore how reformers tackled Gilded Age excesses, the battles they won, and the inequalities they left behind. What echoes still shape our debates today?
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List of Sources:
Muckrakers of the Progressive Era | Students of History
Progressive Era | Wikipedia (including various archived and external resources linked from the entry)
Progressive Party Platform of 1912 | The American Presidency Project — UC Santa Barbara
The Birth of Direct Democracy: What Progressivism Did to the States | The Heritage Foundation
The Progressive Era | Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Wilson’s New Freedom | No explicit link provided
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The Progressive Era reshaped American society, bringing trust-busting, worker protections, women's suffrage, consumer safeguards, and a stronger federal government. But it also revealed deep flaws—racism, exclusion, and moral crusades like prohibition. Explore how reformers tackled Gilded Age excesses, the battles they won, and the inequalities they left behind. What echoes still shape our debates today?
Taking AP US History and struggling with multiple-choicequestions? Check out AP US History Multiple Choice Strategies on Amazon.
List of Sources:
Muckrakers of the Progressive Era | Students of History
Progressive Era | Wikipedia (including various archived and external resources linked from the entry)
Progressive Party Platform of 1912 | The American Presidency Project — UC Santa Barbara
The Birth of Direct Democracy: What Progressivism Did to the States | The Heritage Foundation
The Progressive Era | Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Wilson’s New Freedom | No explicit link provided

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