In addition to everything else about this “history” lesson, 100 years ago—1925—was not “the dawn of the progressive era” but at least five years after the end of Progressivism, and well into the era of “normalcy.” 1925 also marked the peak popularity for the Second Ku Klux Klan.
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Aaron Rupar
Brooke Rollins: "We went from a frontier republic of the late 1700s to the world's greatest economic power, until about 100 years ago at the dawn of the progressive era when that ended."
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