What is the lasting significance of progressivism to American history? What is the lasting significance of progressivism to American history?

There are many legacies
of Progressivism. While the ideas of reformers did not always become a reality when they were
first proposed, many became a reality over time after they were supported by the federal
government. For example, President Teddy Roosevelt began to use the power of the federal
government to regulate monopolies, which had been one of the rallying cries of the Progressive
movement. Later, under Woodrow Wilson's administration, the government took an even more active
stance in busting trusts and monopolies.

Ideas proposed by Progressive
reformers (including Populists and advocates of Temperance) and feminists became reality with
the 16th Amendment (the income tax); the 17th Amendment (the direct election of senators); the
18th Amendment (Prohibition, which involved disallowing the transport and sale of alcohol and
which was later repealed by the 21st Amendment); and the 19th Amendment (the right to vote for
women). Several of these ideas had been first advocated by...