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What was the period of reform (change) that came about after the Populist Party movement of the late 1800s?
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That period is known as the Progressive Era (often dated c. 1890s–1920s, with its height about 1900–1920).
Progressives advanced many reforms first raised by the Populists: antitrust action and regulation of big business, consumer protections, labor laws, direct election of senators (17th Amendment, 1913), a federal income tax (16th Amendment, 1913), women’s suffrage (19th Amendment, 1920), and municipal/state reforms such as initiative, referendum, and recall.
Progressives advanced many reforms first raised by the Populists: antitrust action and regulation of big business, consumer protections, labor laws, direct election of senators (17th Amendment, 1913), a federal income tax (16th Amendment, 1913), women’s suffrage (19th Amendment, 1920), and municipal/state reforms such as initiative, referendum, and recall.