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Progressive Era Politics Facts
Brain Snacks
Although Teddy Roosevelt has enjoyed a reputation as a spokesman of Progressivism and the "Great Trust-Buster," more trust prosecutions (a total of 99) occurred under William Howard Taft than under...
Quotes
"The day of the combination is here to stay. Individualism has gone, never to return." "The gospel left behind by [railroad magnate] Jay Gould is doing giant work in our days. Its message is 'get m...
Statistics
Total number of child workers in the United States in 1870: 850,000 Total number of child workers in the United States in 1900: 1.7 million Total number of industrial workers in the United States i...
Acronyms
Federal Trade Commission Interstate Commerce Commission Industrial Workers of the World
Glossary
conservationism, conservationists, conservationist Refers to the philosophy of the Conservation Movement, which began around 1850 in America and picked up steam during the Progressive Era, particul...