America's Forgotten History. Part Three: A Progressive Empire"America's Forgotten History" is the story of America seen through libertarian eyes. It aims to be a good story, and one sympathetic to all sides. Part Three of the series, "A Progressive Empire," takes us from the end of the Civil War to the Spanish American War and the Philippine Insurrection. Along the way, as we trace party politics and presidencies, we look at Reconstruction and the Freedmen The Indian Wars in the West The land grant railroads