What are the different methods these Progressive Era reformers used to create change and progress in American society?

Many activists joined effort to reform local government, public education, medicine, finance , insurance , industry, railroad track , churches, and many other areas. Progressive transformed, professionalized and made "scientific" the social sciences, especially history, economics, and political science.

Sunni-Shia divisions would fuel a long-running civil war in Syria, fighting in Lebanon, Iran, Iraq, Yemen and elsewhere, and terrorist violence on both sides. A common thread in most of these conflicts is the ongoing battle between Sunni Saudi Arabia and Shia Iran for influence in the oil-rich Middle East and surrounding regions.