Lecture recorded for Troy University course HIS 3316, History of Alabama by Dr. Marty Olliff. Discusses (quickly) the orthodox interpretation of the Progressive Era and Olliff's own interpretation, provides context with a short discussion of national Progressivism (TR's policies, Wilson's policies, and the election of 1912), and three examples of Progressivism in Alabama -- the Alabama Good Roads Movement, the "New Woman" in Alabama, and Prohibition.
Supplements and expands on the textbook _Alabama: The History of a Deep South State_.
