The Progressive Era, the period between 1890 and 1920, was a time in which the relationship between the American people and their government changed drastically. The United States continually elected progressive leaders, both Republican and Democratic, largely as a reaction to the corruption and misery of the Gilded Age. Much of the progress made during this time was made possible by the journalists who exposed corruption and scandal and pioneered investigative journalism as a means to improve peoples' lives. The presidencies of Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft, and Woodrow Wilson each confronted major social, political, and economic issues, from conservation and public health to economic regulations, and America's new central role in foreign policy.
chapter 6: the progressive movement, 1890-1920
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