Bellringer (10/18/13)
Please write the question and the answer.
Progress is defined as to move forward or onward.
What do you think the goal of the progressives in
the late 19th and early 20th centuries was? Give at
least two examples of areas they hoped to impact.
Please take a few minutes to consider your answer.
After discussion, please place your bellringers on
the desk in the front of the room.
Key Terms and People
Section 1: Jacob Riis, progressivism, muckrakers,
Ida Tarbell, Lincoln Steffens, Robert M. La
Follette, 17th Amendment, initiative,
referendum, recall
Section 2: Prohibition, Woman’s Christian
Temperance Union, Frances Willard, Carry
Nation, 18th Amendment, National Association
of Colored Women, Susan B. Anthony, National
American Woman Suffrage Association
Muckraking: Upton Sinclair
What do you think working conditions in a
meatpacking plant was like?
Do you think the upper class, middle class, or
working class worked in these conditions?
Sinclair is famous for his novel The Jungle. It
described conditions in meatpacking plants
predominantly around Chicago.
Reading: The Jungle
Open to page 528. Quietly read the excerpt to
yourself.
Now, let’s read it as a class.
Post-Reading: The Jungle
What are some of the images created by Sinclair
to convey working conditions to the reader?
Do you think owners of meatpacking plants
were happy with this portrayal of their
businesses?
How do you think the nation responded to
Sinclair’s novel?
Progressivism: What’s the Point?
From page 522: “Progressives focused on three areas of
reform: easing the suffering of the urban poor, improving
unfair and dangerous working conditions, and reforming
government at the national, state, and local levels.”
In a small group, choose one of those three areas. Create a
small poster illustrating different ways the progressives acted
to improve that area, i.e. muckraking articles/books written to
bring attention to the need to improve working conditions.
You may use pages 522-527 in your book and/or devices. You
have 30 minutes to create your poster.
Happy Monday!
Today will be a discussion bellringer. But first, a quick film.
With a partner, discuss each of the following questions
for two minutes:
1. Do you agree with the reasons progressives wanted to
undertake reforming American society in the late 19th
and early 20th century?
2. Do you think the progressives were successful in
achieving the types of changes they wanted to?
3. Do you think there are things in American society
today that mirror what the progressives were working
against?
Key Terms and People
Section 2: Prohibition, Woman’s Christian
Temperance Union, Frances Willard, Carry
Nation, 18th Amendment, National Association
of Colored Women, Susan B. Anthony, National
American Woman Suffrage Association
Temperance and Prohibtion
Today we are going to watch some of the Ken Burns documentary
Prohibition.
While watching,
1. Think of how much alcohol was involved American society.
2. The changes in the amount of alcohol someone would drink as
harder liquors were introduced.
3. What is the irony present in why men would drink and how it
would effect their ability to provide for families.
4. Who were the main people spearheading prohibition and
temperance movements? Why do you think this is?
ON YOUR OWN: Women’s Rights
Women’s roles in society changed drastically during the
Progressive Era. We already learned a lot about their role
in the Temperance Movement.
Read through pages 530-534 to find out more about how
women fought to earn a better place in America.
Answer questions 2-3 on pg. 534 to the best of your
ability on a sheet to turn in.
You have 20 minutes.
WITH A PARTNER: Ruff’N’Ready Teddy
We watched a film about Theodore Roosevelt’s
early life last week.
With a partner, read about what happened upon his
return to politics after the death of his wife and
mother.
a) Identify and describe the Key Terms and People
from pg.535.
b) Answer questions 1-3 on page 540.
You have 30 minutes. One sheet per partnership.
ON YOUR OWN: Taft and Wilson
It was tough to follow in Teddy’s footsteps. His
successor, William H. Taft, didn’t do what he
wanted, and, eventually, Teddy ran again in 1912.
This caused a divided Republican Party, allowing
Democrat Woodrow Wilson into office.
On the same sheet you used to answer about
women’s rights, answer questions 1-4 on pg. 545.
You have 20 minutes.
WITH A PARTNER: HAWAII OR BUST
Describe what each item has to do with the other.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Imperialism:: Strong Navy
Sanford Dole:: Hawaii
Open Door Policy:: Boxer Rebellion
Theodore Roosevelt:: Russo-Japanese War
yellow journalism:: de Lôme Letter
USS Maine:: Spanish-American War
Commodore George Dewey:: Emilio Aguinaldo
Philippines:: July 4, 1946
You have 30 minutes. One sheet to be turned in per partnership
(You may use the one from Teddy Roosevelt activity).
“Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick”
Big Stick Diplomacy (or Gunboat Diplomacy)
– encourage nations in Latin America and Caribbean
to do what we would like under threat of force
– Help get control of “Canal Zone” in Panama when
Panamanians rebelled against Colombian
government
– Roosevelt Corollary
– Great White Fleet (1907)
Roosevelt Corollary
(to the Monroe Doctrine)
“Chronic wrongdoing…in the Western
Hemisphere…may force the United States,
however reluctantly…to the exercise of an
international police power.”
- Theodore Roosevelt (1904)