THE PROGRESSIVE ERA 1900 1917
THE MUCKRAKERS OF THE PROGRESSIVE ERA
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the Supreme Court
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authors and social activists
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the leadership of the two national parties
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bankers and industrialists
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Detailed explanation-1: -Progressive national political leaders included Republicans Theodore Roosevelt, Robert M. La Follette, and Charles Evans Hughes; Democrats William Jennings Bryan, Woodrow Wilson, and Al Smith. Outside of government, Jane Addams, Grace Abbott, Edith Abbott, and Sophonisba Breckinridge were influential reformers.
Detailed explanation-2: -This era was marked by the growth of labour unions such as the American Federation of Labour, the expansion of labour rights, the establishment of antitrust laws targeting major monopolistic firms and industries and an increase in taxation of the upper class.
Detailed explanation-3: -The leaders of the Progressive Era worked on a range of overlapping issues that characterized the time, including labor rights, women’s suffrage, economic reform, environmental protections, and the welfare of the poor, including poor immigrants.
Detailed explanation-4: -During the Progressive Era (1900–1920), the country grappled with the problems caused by industrialization and urbanization. Progressivism, an urban, middle‐class reform movement, supported the government taking a greater role in addressing such issues as the control of big business and the welfare of the public.