“After the 1900 the United States entered a period of heightened imperialistic activity somewhat similar to that of the 1840s, although this time oceans ceased to serve as boundaries of expansionist activity” (Bethel, 2013). Nevertheless, the benefits of the Progressive Era were for The U.S. to utilize its new power to follow three major goals: open trade with China, build the Panama Canal, and police Latin America to protect American interests. Nonetheless, The Progressive Era sits at the basis of contemporary American tolerance. Notwithstanding, progressivism is a sensation, or inclination, of an era. It IS also an idea that government needs to right the wrongs of the Industrial Age. Consequently, I feel that the Progressive Era was beneficial
