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The Progressive Era is guide Number 17 of the 24 SparkNotes guides for studying American History
. It provides events surrounding the period from the turn of the 20th century until the US entry into World War I in which progessive movements and laws briefly flourished, partly as a reaction to the perceived excesses of the Gilded Age. This study guide is preceded by our guide for The Spanish-American War and followed by our World War I guide.Read features from the SparkNotes guide to The Progressive Era including Context for this brief but important span of American history and a discussion of relationship between Theodore Roosevelt and Progressives.
