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The Progressive Era, a few brief decades around the turn of the last century, still burns in American memory for its outsized personalities: Theodore Roosevelt, whose energy glinted through his pince-nez; Carry Nation, who smashed saloons with her axe and helped stop an entire nation from... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Theodore Roosevelt: Add a description of this character.
- Woodrow Wilson
- Jane Addams
- Jack Johnson
- Jim Crow
- Rahel Golub
- Hamlin Garland
- Robert Charles
- Wright
- Richard Garland
- Sherwood Anderson
- Christy Mathewson
- John Addams
- Lillian Wald
- Mabel Dodge
- Taylor
- John D. Rockefeller
- John Mitchell
- J. P. Morgan
- Edgar Gardner Murphy
- Cornelia
- Dr. Leete
- Sanger
- Leupp
- Ann Bassett
- Mckinley
- Taft
- Jacob Riis
- Hughes
- Phillips
- Andrew Carnegie
- James
- Samuel Gompers
- Josiah Strong
- Hyde
- Ross
- Coolidge
Setting & Locations edit
- America
- New York City
- United States Steel
- Chicago
- Washington Gladden
- Europe
- Boston
- Ohio
- Manhattan
- Illinois
- Hull-house
- Wall Street
- Colorado
- Kansas
- White House
- California
- Pittsburgh
- New Orleans
- New England
- Massachusetts
- Atlanta
- Coney Island
- Wisconsin
- Philadelphia
- London
- San Francisco
- Indianapolis
- Iowa
- Mississippi
- Cherry Street
- Pennsylvania
- Buffalo
- Oklahoma
- North Carolina
- Brown's Park
- Northeast
- Alabama
- New Jersey
- Lower East Side
- Georgia
- Los Angeles
- Victorianism
- St. Louis
- Virginia
- Connecticut
- Texas
First Sentence edit
In one of Chicago's elite clubs on election night in November 1896, a group of rich men were euphoric.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Michael E. McGerr (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 324.27327
Subjects edit
- Books › History › Americas › United States › 19th Century › Gilded Age
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Political Science › Political Doctrines
- Books › History › Americas › United States › 20th Century
- Books › Nonfiction › Politics › Ideologies
- Books › Nonfiction › Philosophy › Political
- Books › History › World
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