FACT: If not for a pardon from President Richard Nixon, John McCain would have been court-martialed for treason.#CNNTownHall pic.twitter.com/ncXjQWRvmW. â America First! (@America_1st_) March 2, 2017. However, the rumors failed to cite a single piece of evidence documenting that such a pardon was extended to McCain.
Progressivism was the reform movement that ran from the late 19th century through the first decades of the 20th century, during which leading intellectuals and social reformers in the United States sought to address the economic, political, and cultural questions that had arisen in the context of the rapid changes brought with the Industrial Revolution and the growth of modern capitalism in America.
The Progressive Era was a period of widespread social activism and political reform across the United States, from the 1890s to 1920s. The main objective of the Progressive movement was eliminating corruption in government. The movement primarily targeted political machines and their bosses.By taking down these corrupt representatives in office a further means of direct democracy would be established. Gender, Class, Race, and Reform in the Progressive Era (1991). 2  Hahn, Steven. 3  A Nation under Our Feet: Black Political Struggles in the Rural South from Slavery to the Great Migration (2003).