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The Progressive Era was a time of grand social reforms, which sought to improve either the human plight or change civilization itself. So what are some of the proposals which didn't make it into existence, or some things that could have been proposed?
A few of mine that come to mind:
Tests and licenses to have children to address fears of unfit parents.
Direct election of Supreme Court Justices.
Legal ban on Caffeine products (which was considered when things like Cocaine and Marijuana were banned; think of the fear-monger PSA's if that were banned)
Abolition of the Electoral college.
Abolition of the Presidency (which, for a time during the age when Congress ran like Parliament, was viewed as a possibility)