The document discusses several key aspects of the Progressive Era in the United States from 1865 to the early 1900s. Progressives sought to curb corporate power, end monopolies, and protect workers. Notable reformers included journalists, novelists, and educator John Dewey. Settlement houses like Jane Addams' Hull House helped immigrants. Reforms included initiatives, referendums, recalls, child labor laws, and women's suffrage. Prohibition and birth control advocate Margaret Sanger aimed to regulate society. Middle-class progressives valued expertise and cooperation to regulate big business, as President Theodore Roosevelt did through trustbusting acts.

1. Prof. Dani Vaughn-Tucker History 104: American History from 1865 to the Present Spring 2009