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Discussion Question: How were U.S. imperialism and progressivism linked with each other in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?  Another way to ask the question: Did U.S. imperialism effect or play a role in the development of progressivism, and/or did progressivism effect or play a role in the development of imperialism during this period?