Chapter 4: “The strong arm of the government”: The Progressive Era

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Chapter 4 “The strong arm of the government”:The Progressive Era
Roosevelt and Conservation
The Pure Food and Drug Act, TheFood and Drug Administration, andMuckrakers
Labor Conditions for Women andChildren
Progressive Writers and Activists
Blacks in the Progressive Era

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Abstract

The election of William McKinley in 1896 marked the end of post-Civil War America and the beginning of the Progressive Era. McKinley was the last Civil War veteran to reach the presidency; he had been an officer in the Union army. During his one full term in office, he established political and social stability that had been largely lacking in the previous three decades. McKinley was a solid middle-class American from a small Ohio town, and Progressives, who were largely middle-class people themselves, identified with the president and his politics.

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