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Which was a key historical development which led to the rise of progressivism?
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American imperialism

Jim Crow laws

Civil War

Urbanization

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Urbanization.

Rapid growth of cities and industrialization created crowded living conditions, labor abuses, political corruption, and social problems that helped spur the Progressive reform movement.