Chapter 20. The Progressives
America attempts to reform the myriad problems they were facing at the turn of the century. The problems of industrialization, urbanization, and political inequality are addressed. The specific focus of this unit will be on:
A. Origins of Progressive reform: municipal, state, and national
B. Women's roles: family, workplace, education, politics, and reform
Reading Assignments:
Unfinished Nation Chapters 20
Progressive Reforms Chart can be found here Progressive Era Reforms
Textbook Chapters:
Class Notes:
Who you gonna call? Trustbusters!!!
Homework Assignments:
Printable copy of homework:
C20 Homework.pdf
Part 1 - Ideas/themes to know and include in your notes:
- Ida Tarbell
- Lincoln Steffens
- Jane Addams and Hull House
- The “New Woman”
- Women’s clubs
- 2 Views of Women’s suffrage
- NAWSA
- 19th Amendment
- National Women’s Party
- City-manager system
- Robert M. La Follette
- W.E.B. DuBois
- NAACP
- Temperance and WCTU
- 18th Amendment
- McKinley’s assassination
- Northern Securities Company
- The Square Deal
- Pure Food & Drug Act (1906)
- John Muir
- Hetch Hetchy Controversy
- “New Nationalism”
- Progressive Party and election of 1912
- Wilson’s “New Freedom”
- 16th Amendment
- Federal Reserve Act [Glass-Owen Bill] (1913)
- Federal Trade Commission [FTC]
Part 2 - Long Essay Question: Historical Reasoning Skill- Contextualization
1. How effective were Progressive Era reformers in addressing/fixing the problems of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Focus your analysis of their reform efforts in TWO of the following areas.
- State and federal government
- The workplace
- Living conditions in cities
Part 3 - Vocabulary: These words are from the chapter, class readings, or discussion and will be used in context or need to be defined on the weekly chapter quiz. https://www.merriam-webster.com
bupkes
chutzpah
conservation
conservative
dilatory
exposé
laggard
malinger
muckraker
nonpartisan
preservationist
progressive
prohibition
reclamation
regulatory
suffragist
Definitions: Fill in the correct word that matches the definition listed.
1.___________________(n.) the cultivation of arid land or land formerly under water for farming
2.___________________(v.) to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work)
3.___________________(n.) the forbidding by law of the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcohol
4.___________________(adj.) tending to maintain existing or traditional views, conditions, or institutions
5.___________________(n.) careful protection or sustaining of natural resources
6.___________________(adj.) free from political party affiliation, bias, or designation
7.___________________(n.) person who researches and exposes the misconduct of a prominent individual or business
8.___________________(adj.) government control or direction of industry to ensure they follow the law
9.___________________(n.) political change and social improvement by personal and government action
10.__________________(n.) the least amount, nothing at all, diddly-squat
11.__________________(adj.) characterized by procrastination, e.g. a junior doing their online homework
12.__________________(n.) keeping natural resources intact and untouched, as they originally were
13.__________________(n.) one who advocates for votes for women
14.__________________(n.) supreme self-confidence, almost brazen
15.__________________(n.) a person who makes slow progress and falls behind others.
16.__________________(n.) publication of something corrupt, dishonest, or fraudulent
Resources
Hull House Experience http://www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull/urbanexp/contents.htm
Progressive Reform and the Trusts http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/us31.cfm
Outline of Progressive Era http://faculty.polytechnic.org/gfeldmeth/lec.prog.html
Summary of the Progressive Era http://www.academicamerican.com/progressive/topics/progressive.html
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