Progressive Era
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The Progressive Era was a period in the United States characterized by multiple social and political reform efforts. Reformers during this era, known as Progressives, sought to address issues they ass
The Awakening: "Votes for Women" in 1915 Puck magazine
Christmas 1903 cover of McClure's features a muckraking exposé of Rockefeller and Standard Oil by Ida Tarbell.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman (pictured) wrote these articles about feminism for the Atlanta Constitution, published on December 10, 1916.
William Jennings Bryan
Gilded Age
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In United States history, the Gilded Age is the period from about the late 1870s to the late 1890s, which occurred between the Reconstruction era and the Progressive Era. It was named by 1920s histori
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…and the creation of the Federal Reserve System. Government agencies were also transformed in an effort to improve administrative efficiency. In the Gilded Age (late 19th century), the parties were reluctant to involve the federal government too heavily in the private sector, except in the area of railroads…
The Breakers Newport
Bandits Roost, 59 and a half Mulberry Street
First edition cover of The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (1873), a collaborative novel by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner
The celebration of the completion of the first transcontinental railroad, May 10, 1869