Describe, discuss, and support your discussion, was the rapid expansion of government in the Progressive Era “government over-reach” or “responsible government.”

Describe, discuss, and support your discussion, was the rapid expansion of government in the Progressive Era “government over-reach” or “responsible government.”
Turabian parenthetical citations
Please include these references:
Barton: Original Intent: The Courts, The Constitution, and Religion. 2011.
Hebert & Danoff, Alexis de Tocqueville and the Art of Democratic Statesmanship, 2011.
Garraty: editor, Quarrels That Have Shaped The Constitution, 2009.
Higgs: Crisis and Leviathan: Critical Episodes in the Growth of American Government, 2012.