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What was the main focus of the Progressive Era in the United States?
Defeating corruption, monopoly, waste, and inefficiency
Who were the investigative journalists known as 'muckrakers'?
Journalists probing the dark corners of American life
What did progressivism seek to address?
Exploitation of labor and political corruption
Who were the main advocates of progressivism?
Middle-class social reformers
How did progressives work to regulate business monopolies?
Through trustbusting and antitrust laws
Test your knowledge about the Progressive Era in the United States, a period marked by social activism and political reform aimed at addressing issues of corruption, monopoly, waste, and inefficiency. This era also saw efforts to tackle problems arising from industrialization, urbanization, immigration, and political corruption.
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