NAME_____________________________________
Riney
Class Period____
US History
The Progressive Era
Unit 4: Chapter 13
(1891-1919)
Unit Objectives:
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Trace the roots of the Progressive Movement in the United States
Explain why many Americans joined the progressive movement
Assess the goals, methods and achievements of the Progressives
Evaluate the impact of reform leaders such as Susan B. Anthony, Robert LaFollette, WEB Du
Bois,
Compare and contrast the reform efforts of the progressive presidents, Theodore Roosevelt,
Taft and Wilson
Discuss and evaluate the political, economic, and social achievements made during the
Progressive Era
Analyze the reasons for the passage of the 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th amendments to the U.S.
Constitution
Identify and analyze methods of expanding the right to participate in the democratic process:
direct primary, initiative referendum and recall
Trace the development of the conservation of natural resources, including the establishment of
the National Park System
Explain actions taken by people from racial, ethnic and religious groups to expand economic
opportunities and political rights
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TEKS:
2(A-C); 3(C); 5(A-C); 9(A); 14(B,C); 15(B,E); 21(B); 23(B); 26(A,D);
Agenda: Complete as assigned. BE PREPARED FOR DAILY QUIZZES. Packet
collected on test day. ALL WORK MUST BE COMPLETE!!:
10/15/14 Wednesday
Gilded Age Review
Homework:
Study for Gilded Age Review Test
10/16/14 Thursday
Gilded Age Review Test
Read Chap 13:1
Write out Chap 13:1 Vocab
Complete Chap 13:1 Reading Guide Questions
Complete Women’s Suffrage Timeline
Homework:
Finish Chap 13:1 Assignment
Read Chap 13:2
10/17/14 Friday
Read Chap 13:2 (pg 427-433)
Write out Chap 13:2 Vocab
Complete Chap 13:2 Reading Guide
Homework:
Finish Chap 13:1-2 Assignments
10/20/14 Monday
Chap 13 Notes
Homework:
Finish Chap 13:1-2Assignments
Read Chap 13:3
10/21/14 Tuesday
Read Chap 13:3 (pg 434-437)
Write out Chap 13:3 Vocab
Complete Chap 13:3 Reading Guide
Homework:
Finish Chap 13:1-3
10/22/14 Wednesday
Chap 13 Notes
Homework:
Read Chap 13:4
10/23/14 Thursday
Reread Chap 13:4
Write out chap 13:4 Vocab
Complete Chap 13:4 Reading Guide
Homework:
Finish all Chap 13 Work
10/24/14 Friday
Chap 13 Notes
Chap 13 Test Review
Homework:
Complete Chap 13 Test Review
10/27/14 Monday
“Iron Jawed Angels”
Homework:
Complete all Chap 13 work
10/28/14 Tuesday
Chap 13 Review
Homework:
Study for Chap 13 Test
10/29/14 Wednesday
Chap 13 Test: The Progressive Movement
Homework:
Read Chap 12:1
Unit 4: Imperialism and Progressivism
Chapter 13: The Progressive Movement (1890-1919)
Reading Guide
VOCABULARY: Terms and Names – Using your own paper, write at least one sentence that
defines term or explains its significance:
**some vocabulary words (those in blue) are defined in the glossary. Others, you will have to
define from reading. Make sure you write a complete definition.
Section 1: The Roots of Progressivism (pg 418-425)
Vocabulary:
People to Know:
1. Progressivism:
2. Muckraker:
3. Commission plan:
4. Direct Primary:
5. Initiative:
6. Referendum:
7. Recall:
8. Suffrage:
9. Temperance:
10. Prohibition:
11. Socialism:
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17:
18.
Jacob Riis:
Robert LaFollette:
Jane Addams:
Elizabeth Cady Stanton/Lucretia Mott:
Susan B. Anthony (see profiles pg 422):
Alice Paul:
Frances Willard (ask me):
Other terms to know from notes/reading (you don’t have to write these out…just know them!:
Workers Compensation Laws; Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU);
Section 2: Roosevelt in Office (pg 427-433)
Vocabulary:
People to Know:
19. Square Deal:
20. Arbitration:
21.
22.
23.
24.
Theodore Roosevelt:
Upton Sinclair:
Gifford Pinchot:
John Muir:
Other terms to know from notes/reading (you don’t have to write these out…just know them!:
Northern Securities v. US (1904); Bureau of Corporations; Hepburn Act; Meat Inspection Act; Pure Food &
Drug Act; National Park Service Act; US Forest Service; Newlands Reclamation Act
Section 3: The Taft Administration (pg 434-437)
Vocabulary:
People to Know:
25. Syndicate:
26. Insubordination
27. William Howard Taft:
Other terms to know from notes/reading (you don’t have to write these out…just know them!:
Payne-Aldrich Tariff; Mann-Elkins Act; Children’s Bureau
Section 4: The Wilson Years (pg 438-443)
Vocabulary:
People to Know:
28. income tax:
29. unfair trade practices:
30. Woodrow Wilson
31. W.E.B. DuBois
Other terms to know from notes/reading (you don’t have to write these out…just know them!:
Progressive Party; Underwood Tariff; Federal Reserve Act; Federal Trade Commission; Clayton Anti-Trust
Act; Keating-Owen Child Labor Act; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Use your textbook to answer the following questions:
Section 1: The Roots of Progressivism (pg 418-425)
1. What were the beliefs of the progressives? (2)
2. Progressives were concerned about laissez-faire economics and its emphasis on an
___________________________ market. What issues were present that led these reformers to
doubt the free market’s ability to address problems?
3. What were the targets of the muckrakers? (3) – Give examples of each.
Unfair practices of large US Corporations:
Government:
Social Problems:
*** Progressives have been grouped into 4 categories: Efficiency, Democracy,
Social Welfare, Business
Efficiency Progressives
4. According to Efficiency Progressives problems in society could be solved if
_______________________________ worked properly. Efficiency Progressives took their ideas
from __________________________. They believed that businesses had already become more
efficient by applying the principles of ____________________
_____________________________. How did businesses use these to become more efficient?
5. Efficiency Progressives thought city management required _________, not ___________.
6. Read “A City and a Storm” pg 420. What happened in Galveston, TX and how did the city react to
prevent future problems.
Democracy Progressives
7. Democracy Progressives believed that society needed more _________________. They wanted
to make ______________ __________________ more responsive to _______________.
8. Political reform came to the state of __________________ with the election of
____________________________________as governor. Because of his reform success the
state of __________________ earned a reputation as the ____________________ of
___________________. List 4 political reforms that were initiated by “Fightin’ Bob” (list, don’t
define – this is already done in Vocabulary)
9. What was the concern associated with the Constitutional method for choosing Senators? How
was this problem solved?
10. What two women organized the 1st women’s rights convention and what was their #1 priority?
11. Read “Profiles in History: Susan B. Anthony.” Pg 422. As head of the National Woman’s Suffrage
Association , she began promoting a constitutional __________________________ as a means
to grant women suffrage.
12. Alice Paul headed the National American Woman Suffrage Association’s (NAWSA) congressional
committee. She suggested that women use ________________ to force the suffrage issue. (This
was shocking in that era!!!—remember, “Well-behaved women rarely make history!”)
Social Welfare Progressives
13. List 5 social problems that were addressed by Social progressives.
14. What new laws against child labor (at least 3) came into effect because of such writings as The
Bitter Cry of the Children?
15. What was the impact of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire?
16. The temperance movement was supported by many. List reasons for support by the following
groups.
Settlement House workers (what were the effects of drinking on families?):
Employers:
Political reformers:
17. The temperance movement first worked to reduce alcohol consumption, it later pressed (and
gets!) _________________________________.
Business Progressives
18. Business Progressives focused their efforts on ________________________ big business.
19. Where did many progressives believe that wealth was concentrated?
20. Some Business Progressives thought that big businesses should be broken up to restore
competition (Sherman Anti-trust Act). What approach did other Business Progressives suggest?
21. A more radical idea advocated by some Business Progressives was ____________________.
Supporters of this economic theory believed that the government should buy certain industries
that affected _____________________ such as __________________ and
________________________.
22. Though most Americans rejected socialism in favor of free enterprise (market economy,
capitalism), _________________ ___________ won nearly 1 million votes as the
_____________________ ____________________ ______________ candidate in the 1912
election.
Section 2: Roosevelt in Office (pg 427-433)
23. Explain how TR was a Social Darwinist in International Affairs but a Progressive in Domestic
Affairs?
24. Why did TR believe the US should adopt progressive reforms?
25. TR believed that some trusts were __________________ and partly responsible for US
prosperity. He thought that others, in pursuit of __________________ interests were hurting
_____________ interests.
26. Teddy Roosevelt stepped in to put an end to the Coal strike of 1902 because he thought the
scenario was an example of groups pursuing their _______________ _________________ at the
expense of the ______________________.
27. How did TRs role in the Coal strike of 1902 change the role of the federal gov’t?
28. What was the purpose of the ICC and how was it strengthened?
29. How did Roosevelt and Congress respond to Upton Sinclair’s expose´ of the US meatpacking
industry?
30. Teddy Roosevelt is considered the first US President to address the environment and
conservation. Why was TR concerned about the environment?
31. In 1902 the _______________________ _________________________ ________ was passed
to address the issue of scarce water in the West.
32. How did America’s view of gov’t change during TR’s presidency?
33. Give some examples of how the executive branch had increased in power.
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34. Read “The Story of Yosemite” pg 432-3. T. Roosevelt contributed to conservation in the US by
enlarging ___________________, establishing the U. S. _______________
______________________, putting millions of acres under federal protection and in 1916,
established the _________________ ______________ __________________.
Section 3: The Taft Administration (pg 434-437)
35. What was Taft’s opinion of tariffs?
36. For what reason did Progressives oppose Joseph G. Cannon?
37. When former Secretary of the Interior, Gifford Pinchot, leaked a story regarding public land in
Alaska being sold to a private syndicate, he was __________ for ____________________.
38. How did Taft alienate progressives and give the impression that he “sold TRs Square Deal down
the river?” (3)
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39. Although his predecessor TR was nicknamed the “trustbuster,” Taft actually brought twice as
many ___________________ cases in 4 years as his predecessor had in 7 years.
40. What did Taft establish to investigate and publicize child labor problems?
41. List 3 actions taken by Taft that proved he was a conservationist.
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3.
42. Teddy Roosevelt was angry with Taft’s focus on breaking up trusts. What was TR’s argument for
dealing with trusts?
43. As a result of his break with Taft, TR decided to run for _________________ in the ______
election.
Section 4: The Wilson Years (pg 438-443)
44. 1912 Election: fill in chart
Candidate
Political Party
Winner (mark )
45. What did TR do at the 1912 Republican convention when it became clear that Pres. Taft’s
delegates controlled the nomination?
46. How did Wilson believe American manufacturers would be led to improve their products and lower
their prices?
As a result, Wilson lobbied members of
Congress to support a _________________ ______________ bill.
47. How did the Underwood Tariff ultimately change the source of gov’t revenue?
48. Under the Federal Reserve system, banks keep a portion of their deposits in a ______________
_____________ _________, which would provide a financial ____________________ against
unanticipated ______________.
49. Explain the process by which the Federal Reserve Board could fight inflation.
50. The __________________________________ of 1913 became one of the most significant pieces
of _______________ in American history.
51. What were the powers of the new Federal Trade Commission (FTC)?
52. How did progressivism change American beliefs and expectations about the federal gov’t?
53. What was the most conspicuous limit to Progressivism?
54. What organization, that is still active today, emerged from the meeting in Canada?
55. What did WEB Du Bois & others believe was essential to bring about an end to lynching and racial
discrimination?
56. In summary, what were the accomplishments of the Progressive Movement?
Summary of Progressive Era Constitutional Amendments
Amendment
Effect
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19
Summary of Progressive Era Reforms
Efficiency
Progressives
Social Welfare
Progressives
Democracy
Progressives
Business
Progressives
Environment