Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act - Wikipedia
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  • ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    13 hours ago

    Okay, so you’re talking about the 1890s-1920s “Progressive” Era of Prohibition and Sufferage.

    Yeah, as that’s what that time period is called: “Progressive Era”.

    Not the 1930s-70s New Deal / Great Society period of progressivism

    No, I am not referring to the period following Prohibition Era and the Great Depression which was an intermediate (1920s-1930s) before New Deal.

    If you’re taking issue with the ‘Progressive Era’ being called ‘Progressive’ then sure. I get you then. It mostly just achived women’s suffrage as a meaningful milestone, as I said.

    • OBJECTION!@lemmy.mlEnglish
      7·
      12 hours ago

      Yeah, as that’s what that time period is called: “Progressive Era”.

      The top level comment is referring to the New Deal/Great Society period, which followed the depression and the tariffs that the post itself is referencing. There’s some confusion because “Progressive Era” was capitalized in that top level comment, but that’s not what they were actually referencing.