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The Progressive Era (1890s–1920s) [1] [2] was a period in the United States during the early 20th century characterized by various 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 ...
A socioeconomic, political, and cultural analysis of the United States during the period between the end of Reconstruction and the Progressive era, Wiebe's work describes American society and how the introduction of new scientific and technological advancements changed the ways in which citizens connected with the larger country outside of their local communities as well as how they perceived ...
Buenker, John D. and Joseph Buenker, eds. Encyclopedia of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. (3 vol 2005) ISBN 0-7656-8051-3; 900 essays by 200 scholars; Buenker, John D., John C. Burnham, and Robert M. Crunden. Progressivism (1986) Buenker, John D. Dictionary of the Progressive Era (1980) Cooper, John Milton. Woodrow Wilson: A Biography (2009)
[1] The period featured a transformation from the issues of the Third Party System, which had focused on the American Civil War, Reconstruction, race, and monetary issues. 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 ...
The causes for Progressivism were the status revolution in the post-American Civil War era ("new money" supplanted "old money" prestige), the alienation of professionals, and the introduction of the Mugwump. The urban scene during the Progressive era, as argued by Hofstadter, provided little support for the Progressive movement because ...
A Fierce Discontent: The Rise and Fall of the Progressive Movement in America, 1870–1920. 2003. Nugent, Walter. Progressivism: A very short introduction (Oxford University Press, 2009). Petrow, Stefan. "Progressivism in Australia: the case of John Daniel Fitzgerald, 1900-1922." Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society 90.1 (2004 ...
[1] [2] [3] It is central to the philosophy of progressivism, which interprets progress as the set of advancements in technology, science, and social organization efficiency – the latter being generally achieved through direct societal action, as in social enterprise or through activism, but being also attainable through natural sociocultural ...
1770s: Revolutionary era; 1830s: Jacksonian era; 1900s: Progressive era; 1960s: S&S: Sixties and Seventies (Huntington's name) Huntington described 14 features of creedal-passion eras. [9] Nine of them describe the general mood: "Discontent was widespread; authority, hierarchy, specialization, and expertise were widely questioned or rejected."