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Progression and Limits of the Progressive Era

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To what extent was the Progressive Era actually progressive? Pay particular attention to the limits of progressive reform.

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Depending on your definition of the term progressive, the progressive era can be viewed as a time period that witnessed incredible change in America or as just a trend that faded with time and left society in a very similar situation a few decades later

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Depending on your definition of the term progressive, the progressive era can be viewed as a time period that witnessed incredible change in America or as just a trend that faded with time and left society in a very similar situation a few decades later. The progressive era is generally considered to have started in 1896 with the campaign of William Jennings Bryan for president. While big eastern money swayed the outcome to the status quo candidate William McKinley, the ...

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