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Pages in category "Progressive Era in the United States" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 295 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Progressive Era (1890s–1920s) [1] [2] was a period in the United States characterized by multiple social and political reform efforts. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Reformers during this era, known as Progressives , sought to address issues they associated with rapid industrialization , urbanization , immigration , and political corruption , as well as the ...
The era began in the severe depression of 1893 and the extraordinarily intense election of 1896. It included the Progressive Era, World War I , and the start of the Great Depression . The Great Depression caused a realignment that produced the Fifth Party System , dominated by the Democratic New Deal Coalition until the 1970s.
The foundation of the progressive tendency was indirectly linked to the unique philosophy of pragmatism which was primarily developed by John Dewey and William James. [63] [64] Equally significant to progressive-era reform were the crusading journalists known as muckrakers. These journalists publicized to middle class readers economic privilege ...
Economic progressivism—also New Progressive Economics [44] —is a term used to distinguish it from progressivism in cultural fields. Economic progressives may draw from a variety of economic traditions, including democratic capitalism , democratic socialism , social democracy , and social liberalism .
Progressive Democrats try and chart a path after Trump. Eric Garcia. December 1, 2024 at 8:11 AM. Donald Trump’s decisive victory over Kamala Harris earlier this month means the Democratic Party ...
1933 [h] –1969: New Deal Democratic Era, dominated by a coalition of socially conservative Dems based in the South and economically progressive Dems based in the greater Rust Belt region, the Sun Belt and the West Coast of the United States. This marks the beginning of the "party switch" – liberals in the North and Urban Cities slowly flip ...
Hays, Samuel P. Conservation and the Gospel of Efficiency: The Progressive Conservation Movement 1890–1920 (1959). Haber, Samuel. Efficiency and Uplift: Scientific Management in the Progressive Era, 1890–1920 (1964) Hawley, Ellis W. "Herbert Hoover, the Commerce Secretariat, and the vision of the 'Associative State'."