STAAR REVIEW 3
THE PROGRESSIVE ERA/WORLD WAR I
*GOALS: Sought to correct political and economic ___________________________ from ___________________________.
*ROOTS OF PROGRESSIVES were from the ________________________________________________.
Headed and led by Protestant clergymen
Called on Christians to rise to the challenge of helping their fellow man
*IMPACT OF PROGRESSIVES:__________________________________________________
Brought many social reforms to society
_______________________________________ was a leader in the settlement house movement._______________
PROGRESSIVE LEADERS
*_________________________________________African-American leader who helped found the NAACP
*_________________________________________African-American leader who worked to end lynching
____________________________ were investigative reporters, writers and social scientists working to expose the abuses of
_______________________ society and the corruption at all levels of ______________________________.
*_________________________________________Wrote The Jungle which revealed many abuses of meat-packing industry.
*_________________________________________Wrote The Octopus depicting the stranglehold ________________ had
over farmers
*_________________________________________Wrote How The Other Half Lives. His photographs showed poverty in
urban (inner city) areas.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT: _____________________________
*Helped break up “_____________________________________”
*Passed laws to protect consumer __________________________ including the _________________________Act (1906)
and _________________________________________ Act (1906).
*Increased the power of the _________________________________________________________________ which helped
Regulate certain industries.
*___________________________________________ of the Nation’s _____________________________________.
Attention paid to conserving forests, parks, and _______________________________
Withheld federal lands from public sale.
WOODROW WILSON: _________________________________
The New Freedom program sought to control business practices, promote greater competition and lower tariff rates.
*__________________________________________ Protected public parks and monuments
*_____________________Amendment: Gave Congress the power to tax personal income
*_____________________: Created to regulate the amount of money in circulation
*ANTI-TRUST LEGISLATION--_________________________________ Act: Increased the federal government’s power to
Prevent unfair business practices
WOMEN’S RIGHTS MOVEMENT
*Traditional Role of Women: Women were treated as ___________________________; It was a _____________________
society with men treated as superior
*__________________________________________(1848): Birth of the Women’s Rights Movement
*__________________________________________(Women’s Suffrage). Voted in the 1872 election, but was arrested.
the Supreme Court (1874) ruled citizenship does not include the “privilege of voting.”
*______________________Amendment (1920); After WWI, the amendment stated that no state could deny a citizen the
right to vote on the basis of sex.
LITERATURE AND ART IN AMERICA
*___________________________________Art and literature based on __________________--depicting things as they are
*Literature:
____________________________________(rags to riches stories)
____________________________________ (adventure stories)
____________________________________ (The Portrait of a Lady)
_____________________________________ (The Call of the Wild)
_____________________________________ (The Awakening)
*Art
________________________________________________ (Whistler’s Mother)
_______________________________________ (The Gross Clinic)
________________________________________ (painted everyday life)
________________________________________ (painted sea, boats, coasts)
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
*CAUSES:
Humanitarian concerns, ______________________________; Protecting U.S. economic interest in ______
______________ Letter called McKinley “weak”; Sinking of the __________________________________.
*Results: U.S. gets ______________________________, _____________________________, and _________________.
________________________ becomes a U.S. protectorate
*Why this war is considered a turning point… Ended Spanish colonial empire in Americas. U.S. emerges as
______________________________________.
*in the Pacific
______________________ (rebels resist U.S. rule)
____________________________after Queen overthrown, ______________________________ leads the provisional
government, serves as Hawaii’s President, served as Governor when Hawaii became a state
U.S. COLONIAL EMPIRE
*Reasons for Colonial Expansion
-need for raw materials and _______________________; Colonies would help U.S. _______________
_________________; ______________________ would show other nations how strong U.S. had become:
Missionaries sought to spread ____________________________
*________________________________________Wrote The Influence of Sea Power upon History; -Argued for making U.S. into a
world power; Said needed a strong navy, merchant marine to protect colonial interests
WORLD WAR I
*CAUSES:___________________________, ________________________________, ____________________________,
__________________________________
*started by the assassination of __________________________________________________________________________
*reasons for U.S. intervention
Closer ties to ______________________ and ___________________; ____________________ actions and
propaganda; _____________________________ telegram; Violations of Freedom of _______________; Sinking of
_______________________________ and _______________ Pledge; use of unrestricted
___________________________ warfare
WORLD WAR I HIGHLIGHTS
*NEW WEAPONS AND TACTICS:
*_____________________________________: allowed government to draft men to serve war
*_____________________________________; U.S. troops sent to Europe to defeat Germany
*Battle of ______________________________________; Major battle of WWI; Germany defeated
___________________________________________ awarded Medal of Honor
WORLD WAR I RESULTS
*WILSON’S ____________________________________________
Proposed by President Wilson as a basis for ________________ treaty. Created a new nation-states (________);
Break up of ___________________________________; Freedom of the Seas; No secret treaties (open diplomacy);
__________________________________
*_______________________________________ and other Treaties
Ended World War I; Dealt harshly with Germany (lost colonies) Austria-Hungary and Ottoman Turkey broken up into
separate nation-states. League of Nations created.
IMPORTANT INDIVIDUALS
*______________________________________his assassination sparked the start of WWI
*______________________________________Commanded the American Expeditionary Force in WWI
*______________________________________WWI soldier who won the Congressional Medal of Honor
*______________________________________U.S. President during WWI. Issued 14 points
*______________________________________U.S. Senator who led the fight against joining the League of Nations.
1. What was a major reason the United States entered World War I?
A. JAPANESE FORCES HAD OCCUPIED MANCHURIA
C. THE AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE HAD INVADED BELGIUM
B. GERMAN TROOPS HAD LANDED ON AMERICAN SOIL
D. GERMANY HAD RESUMED UNRESTRICTED SUBMARINE WARFARE
2. During the early 1900s the term “muckrakers” was used to describe
A. PEOPLE WHO DEMONSTRATED AGAINST WAR
C. NEWPAPER COLUMNISTS WHO REPORTED ON CELEBRITIES
B. WRITERS WHO EXPOSED THE EVILS IN AMERICAN SOCIETY
D. POLITICIANS WHO CRITICIZED PROGRESIVE ERA PRESIDENTS
3. The Spanish-American War (1898) marked a turning point in American Foreign Policy because the United States-A. DEVELOPED A PLAN FOR PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE
C. PLEDGED NEUTRALITY IN FUTURE EUROPEAN CONFLICTS
B. EMERGED AS A NEW WORLD POWER
D. REFUSED TO BECOME A COLONIAL POWER