America in the progressive era, 1890-1914

The beginnings of reform

The realigning election of 1894

The varieties of reform

The segregated South

McKinley versus Bryan in 1896

The war with Spain and its consequences

The 1900 presidential election

The trust problem

The states respond

Muckraking reporters

Reform in the cities

The advent of Theodore Roosevelt

The Square Deal

The progressive agenda

The rise of regulation

Roosevelt's regulatory campaign

Rising public support for reform

Roosevelt's regulatory program

Roosevelt and the Muckrakers

The 1906 elections

The Brownsville Raid and race relations

The presidential contest in 1908

Taft and his problems

Revising the tariff

The Ballinger-Pinchot controversy

The Republicans divided

Roosevelt and the New Nationalism

The election of 1910

The quickening tempo of reform

The race for the White House in 1912

Taft and Roosevelt split

The rise of Woodrow Wilson

The New Nationalism and the New Freedom

Reform adopted

Prohibition and women suffrage

Wilson as President

Enacting the New Freedom

Reforming the banking system

Republican revival and progressive decline

Corporate reform

The 1914 elections and beyond

War and the climax of reform.