Assignment task:
During the Long Gilded Age (the 1870s through the 1930s), the Liberal Era (the 1930s through 1970s), and the Post-Liberal Era (1980 to present), in what ways were Americans' freedoms limited by those in power?
It may be helpful to consider how freedoms have varies based on economic class (workers vs. wealthy elites), individual identity (race/ethnicity/gender/sexuality/immigration status/incarceration status/etc.), or as a result of specific events (wars, environmental and health disasters, protest movements, etc.).