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salvorhardin

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9. In large part it was the 2nd Great Awakening which helped usher in the Progressive Era

Reply to Liberal Gramma (Reply #8)

Tue Jul 3, 2012, 10:27 AM

Jul 2012

All those kooky new religious and paranormalist movements of the 1800s are also the origin of many of the reform movements and progressive ideals that are synonymous with FDR-style liberalism.

Fun fact: Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner coined the term 'gilded age' in their satirical novel The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today. Read it for free online (or download it) at Project Gutenberg (http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3178).

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A question for the historians in the audience Liberal Gramma Jul 2012 #8

In large part it was the 2nd Great Awakening which helped usher in the Progressive Era salvorhardin Jul 2012 #9

That's been the plan all along: erase all the progress made during the 20th century n/t deutsey Jul 2012 #10