The Progressive Era was a period of social activism and political reform in the United States from the 1890s to the 1920s. It arose as a response to the vast changes brought by industrialization, such as political corruption, lack of social justice, and the domination of politics by business interests known as "robber barons." Prominent progressive leaders emerged including Theodore Roosevelt, who advocated for a "New Nationalism" involving trust-busting and consumer protections, and Woodrow Wilson who pushed for a "New Freedom" with reforms like the Federal Reserve Act and lowering of tariffs. The progressive movement sought moral, political, and economic reforms as well as increased rights for women and African Americans.

1. The Progressive Era A time of Change

38. Emmeline Pankhurst

40. George Washington Carver – African American who discovered hundreds of uses for the peanut (including cosmetics—lipstick). In his traveling classroom, he taught Alabama farmers about crop rotation.

41. Booker T. Washington – founder of Tuskegee Institute and whose autobiography Up From Slavery inspired thousands. -with his sons

42. Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois agreed that African Americans needed “thrift, patience, and industrial training.” They disagreed about segregation—Washington accepted it and Du Bois rejected it. Tuskegee students building  their own classrooms