Learn about the second reform era in American history, when progressives tried to improve society by fighting corruption, poverty, and inequality. Explore the goals, achievements, and challenges of the progressive movement from 1890 to 1920.

Learn about the history of progressive reform and business expansion in the United States from 1900 to 1929. Explore primary sources, such as photos, documents, and maps, on topics such as women's suffrage, conservation, and automobiles.

Our topic is about the progressive era and the corruption of elections and about how the 17th amendment came into play, with ending the corruption. The 17th Amendment did this by giving people the power the nominate their own candidate instead of machine bosses choosing the nominees.

It was most successful in rural southern and western states, and less successful in more urban states. By the early 20th century, prohibition was a national movement. Prohibition exhibited many of the characteristics of most progressive reforms.

La Follette is known as a proponent of the Progressive Movement, and has been named one of five outstanding Senators in American history. C-SPAN's Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in ...

The era of rising progressive ambitions lasted from about 2005 to 2020. Historical periodization is a tricky thing, but here’s a rough attempt at it. From about 1980 to 2005, the left was mostly ...

Progressivism. The idea of progress is the belief that human society gets better and better over time. [1] Progressivism is a kind of politics based on social progress. [2] It is also a philosophical movement. Progress started being supported by many philosophers in the Age of Enlightenment. [3][4] They believed that new inventions and ...

But the historical record of the Progressive Era also reveals a broad undercurrent of resistance from ordinary Americans, who fought for personal liberty against the growth of police power in such areas as public health administration and the regulation of radical speech. Their struggles in the streets, statehouses, and courtrooms of the United ...

The Progressive Era in American history is known as a period of great. political, economic, and social reform. An amalgamation of various. movements, Progressives varied greatly in their approach to "reform," but. they all felt very deeply that society could be influenced for the better.