The Progressives, Part One

The middle-class Progressives dominated all levels of American politics between 1900 and 1920, local, state and national. Here we look primarily at the first two levels, and the relationship between the Progressives and the city bosses. We look as well at the way in which the Progressives increased the power of each vote and persuaded the Supreme Court to prioritize human rights over property rights in its rulings for the first time since the Civil War.

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