What is Progressive Era?
The '''Progressive Era''' was a period of [[History of the United States|American history]] that is said to have lasted from 1890 to 1920.<ref>Historical Dictionary of the Progressive Era, 1890-1920, Editors: Edward R. Kantowicz, John Buenker, published 1988</ref> The [[politics]] of this period consisted of several ideals. These were that the [[government]] should intervene in society to achieve ends of social justice and that the [[Americans|American people]] should settle for nothing less than perfection in their [[society]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Overview {{!}} Progressive Era to New Era, 1900-1929 {{!}} U.S. History Primary Source Timeline {{!}} Classroom Materials at the Library of Congress {{!}} Library of Congress|url=https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/united-states-history-primary-source-timeline/progressive-era-to-new-era-1900-1929/overview/|access-date=2020-11-20|website=Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA}}</ref> One group that was often in favor of the ideas of the Progressive Era was the [[Muckrakers]]. These were [[Journalist|journalists]] who reported on [[corruption]] and other inequalities in American society.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Schiffrin|first=Anya|date=24 July 2018|title=Muckraking|url=https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199756841/obo-9780199756841-0211.xml|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-20|website=Oxford Bibliographies|language=en}}</ref> During the Progressive Era, various reforms<ref>[https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Governors_and_the_Progressive_Movement/0ueZDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 Governors and the Progressive Movement By David R. Berman, 2019]</ref><ref>[https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Charles_Hillman_Brough_a_Biography_c/hs1ay40A5RAC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Vardaman+of+Mississippi+produced+increased+appropriations+for&pg=PA24&printsec=frontcover Charles Hillman Brough: a Biography (c) By Foy Lisenby, 1996, P.24]</ref><ref>[https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/This_Business_of_Relief/7xVhPwbytYAC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Virginia%27s+