The Progressive Movement

Wednesday 3/3; The Muckrakers and the Beginnings of Progressivism; Read pages 654-664. 

1. In the views of the progressives, what was wrong with America, and what did they propose to fix it?

2. Were their views revolutionary?

3. Progressivism is generally viewed by most historians as a positive movement in American politics.  Were their any negative sides to progressivism?

Thursday 3/4; Roosevelt and Progressivism in the Presidency; Read pages 665-678.

Write an outline for an essay that would answer the question, "Does Teddy Roosevelt belong on Mount Rushmore?" In your answer be sure to address both domestic and foreign policy. Your answer should an outline of an essay and may be in "bulleted" form. It should start with a thesis that addresses both domestic and foreign policy. You must present specific evidence to support your evidence.

Friday 3/5  Woodrow Wilson's Progressive Domestic Program; Read pages 579-585 in preparation for tomorrow's Wilson vs. Roosevelt debate.  the debate will center on the areas of:
1. Regulation of Big Business
2. Finance, Tax and Tariffs
3. Race
4. The Environment
5. Labor

Know the significance of the following:

Muckrakers; McClure’s; Jacob Riis, How the Other Half Lives; Lincoln Steffens, Shame of the Cities; Ida Tarbell; Upton Sinclair, The Jungle; Triangle Waistshirt Factory fire; Social Gospel; Jane Adams; Hull House; Eugene V. Debs; Socialist Party; Industrial Workers of the World (I.W.W. or “wobblies); commission plan; city manager; initiative; referendum; recall; direct primary; Robert LaFollette; Margaret Sanger; 16th Amendment; 17th Amendment; 18th Amendment; Theodore Roosevelt; Square Deal; Northern Securities Act; Hepburn Act; Meat Inspection Act; Pure Food and Drug Act; New Nationalism; Bull Moose Party; Conservation; John Muir; Gifford Pinchot; Forest Reserve Act; William Howard Taft; Ballinger-Pinchot incident; Payne-Aldrich Tarif; Mann-Elkins Act; Woodrow Wilson; New Freedom; Louis Brandeis; Underwood-Simmons Tariff; Federal Reserve Act; Federal Trade Commission; Clayton Antitrust Act; Workman’s Compensation