1. America and the Progressive Movement
... the life of an average American, were to limit the power of big businesses, protect labor and by reforming the banking system. It all started with Theodore Roosevelt and his Square Deal that was based off various progressive reforms. Which lead to the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914 which sought to strengthen the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, prohibiting corporations from ... equal" to be unconstitutional. Though other civil rights groups emerged in the 1950s and 1960s, the NAACP retained a prominent role within the movement, co-organizing the 1963 March on Washington, and successfully l...
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