Progressivism to World War I (1890-1920)
Study guide – AP U.S. History
Main ideas / changes over time:
Progressivism - Between 1900 and 1917, Progressivism pushed for and achieved some active reform of U.S. society with the aid
of the government.
Progressivism and politics - Between 1902 and 1920, Progressives expanded the authority of the government to attempt to reform
corrupt business and politics in the U.S.
U.S. imperialism - Between 1867 and 1917 the United States expanded overseas through imperialism, resulting in territorial
acquisition, political and economic control, and resentment of East Asia and Latin America.
U.S. and World War I - By 1917, the U.S. eventually entered World War I, stimulating economic opportunities and
manipulating American public support.
The End of World War I - Between 1917 and 1920, the U.S. helped the Allies win World War I but refused its peace treaty, then
struggled in its own transition from war to peace.
SFI names and terms – remember to make connections, understand significance, recognize cause and effect, and group with
patterns and categories
1.
Progressivism
24. Trust-busting
46. Annexation of Hawaii
2.
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
25. Northern Securities
47. Teller Amendment
3.
Muckraking
26. Pure Food and Drug Act
48. Spanish-American War
4.
Upton Sinclair – The Jungle
27. William Howard Taft
49. Rough Riders
5.
Ida Tarbell
28. 16th Amendment – income tax
50. Treaty of Paris 1898
6.
American Federation of Labor
29. Woodrow Wilson
51. Platt Amendment
7.
Industrial Workers of the World
30. Progressive “Bull Moose” Party
52. Anti-Imperialist League
8.
Socialism
31. Eugene Debs
53. William McKinley
9.
Techniques to combat unions
32. Federal Reserve Act
54. Filipino-American War
10. “Old Guard” Republicans
33. Keating-Owen Act
55. Open Door Policy
11. State child labor laws
34. Imperialism
56. Sphere of influence
12. Margaret Sanger
35. “Scramble for Africa”
57. Panama Canal
13. Prohibition – 18th Amendment
36. Motives for imperialism
58. Monroe Doctrine
14. Niagara Movement
37. Anglo-Saxonism superiority /
59. Roosevelt Corollary
15. Carrie Chapman Catt
16. National American Woman Suffrage
White Man’s Burden
60. Big Stick Policy
38. Alfred Mahan & Mahanism
61. Dollar Diplomacy
39. Commodore Matthew Perry
62. Pancho Villa
17. 19th Amendment – woman suffrage
40. Cuban Revolution
63. Causes of World War I
18. Initiative, referendum, and recall
41. Yellow press/journalism
64. Franz Ferdinand
19. 17th Amendment – direct election
42. William Randolph Hearst
65. Central Powers
20. Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt
43. Joseph Pulitzer
66. Allies (a.k.a. Entente)
21. Coal Strike of 1902
44. U.S.S. Maine
67. American neutrality
22. “Square Deal”
45. Queen Liliuokalani
68. Lusitania
Association (NAWSA)
23. Conservation
69. Sussex Pledge
70. Unrestricted submarine warfare
76. “Doughboys”
71. Self-determination
77. American Expeditionary Force
72. Causes of U.S. entering war
78. Russian Revolution
84. Irreconcilables &
Reservationists
85. Spanish Flu Pandemic
73. Zimmerman telegram/note
79. Vladimir Lenin
86. First Red Scare
74. Committee on Public Information
80. Armistice Day/Veterans Day
87. Palmer Raids
81. Fourteen Points
88. F.B.I. – J. Edgar Hoover
82. League of Nations
89. Warren G. Harding
83. Treaty of Versailles
90. “Return to normalcy”
(Creel Committee)
75. Espionage and Sedition Acts
Dates:
1890-1920 – gen. time period of Progressivism, imperialism
1898 – Spanish-American War
Presidential terms 1896-1920
1914-1918 – World War I
1917 – U.S. enters World War I
1920 – 18th, 19th Amendment, end of Progressive Era
Document-Based Question (DBQ) essay question possibilities:
1. Evaluate the effectiveness of Progressive Era reformers and the federal government in bringing about
reform to the United States. Be sure to analyze the successes and limitations of these efforts in the
period 1900-1920.
2. Evaluate the degree to which United States imperialism during the period 1865 to 1920 was or was
not justified.
3. To what extent did the United States achieve the objectives that led it to enter the First World War?