AP U.S. HISTORY
Unit VII-A: Imperialism and Progressivism
Unit Study Guide
Required Reading: AAMSCO Chpts.20-23 ; American Pageant: 27-31
Study Guide Reading: Divine Chapters 21-25
Supplemental Reading: Ch. 12 in Zinn “The Empire and the People”
Chapter 21
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Explain why the United States suddenly abandoned its isolationism and turned outward at the end of the nineteenth
century.
Discuss how did American expansionism differ from European imperialism?
Identify James G. Blaine and list highlights of American foreign policy during his tenure as Secretary of State.
Cite examples of United States intervention in the political affairs of Venezuela during the 1890s. Explain how these
incidents reflected American ideas about the role of the United States in the Western Hemisphere.
Summarize why Americans had an interest in the annexation of Hawaii. Describe the Cleveland administration’s handling
of the annexation issue.
Identify Queen Liliuokalani and explain the significance of her role in the Hawaiian annexation issue.
Identify Alfred Thayer Mahan and describe his contribution to the promotion of American imperialism.
Describe the forces pushing for American overseas expansion and the causes of the Spanish-American War.
Explain the provisions of the Platt Amendment and how they defined the role of the United States in Cuba following the
Spanish-American War.
Describe and explain the unintended results of the Spanish-American War, especially the conquest of Puerto Rico and the
Philippines.
Explain McKinley’s decision to keep the Philippines, and list the opposing arguments in the debate about imperialism.
Analyze the consequences of the Spanish-American War, including the Filipino rebellion against U.S. rule and the war to
suppress it.
Define the Foraker Act and its effect on Puerto Rico.
Explain the growing U.S. involvement in East Asia, and summarize America’s Open Door policy toward China.
Chapter 22
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Define the term muckraker and explain the importance of this form of journalism to the progressive movement. Identify some
of the major writers associated with this genre of journalism.
2. Explain the impact of the progressive movement on life in rural America.
3. Discuss the role of children and women in the work place.
4. Describe the major changes in the role and status of women during the Progressive Era. Identify the clubs and organizations
that helped to politically organize women during the Progressive Era.
5. Discuss African American interest in progressive urban reform. Identify W. E. B. DuBois and discuss his contributions to
civil rights reform during the early twentieth century.
6. Analyze the Progressive Era from the perspective of African Americans. What political and social developments were most
crucial, and what legacies did they leave?
7. Identify the major national labor unions of the Progressive Era.
8. How did workers use their own values and communities to restrain the power of large corporations during the Progressive
Era?
9. Describe the union movement of the first decade of the twentieth century. How did events like the Triangle Factory Fire
impact unionization?
10. How did Americans entertain themselves during this era? Discuss vaudeville, jazz and experimentation in the arts.
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Analyze the tenets of the Republican party and its transformation during the Progressive Era.
Define the Social-Justice movement and identify key figures and motives within the movement.
Connect the settlement movement to the role of women in the progressive movement. Explain the impact of the settlement
movement on traditional American ideas regarding poverty.
Explain the provisions of the Eighteenth Amendment and discuss the reasons for progressive support of prohibition.
Explain the provisions of the Nineteenth Amendment and discuss the moderation of the woman’s suffrage argument at the
turn of the century.
Identify some key legislative initiatives of the Progressive Era that can be identified with the origins of the welfare state.
Identify the key improvements in public education during the Progressive Era. Explain how racial segregation impacted the
quality of southern public education.
Identify Robert La Follette and describe his contributions to progressive political reform.
Explain Theodore Roosevelt’s theory regarding “trustbusting.” Identify three laws passed during the his administration that
effectively expanded the police power of the federal government.
10. Identify three ways in which Theodore Roosevelt modernized the role of the president.
11. Analyze Theodore Roosevelt’s role as mediator between labor and management in the coal industry.
12. Discuss Theodore Roosevelt’s program for conservation of natural resources. Identify the sources of opposition to this
program.
13. Identify the major political problems that confronted William Taft during his presidential administration. Explain the impact
of these problems on the presidential election of 1912.
14. Compare and contrast the presidential administrations and political philosophies of Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard
Taft.
15. Discuss the political background of Woodrow Wilson. Explain the philosophical contest between New Nationalism and New
Freedom in the 1912 presidential campaign.
16. List the major pieces of reform legislation coming out of the Wilson administration that addressed tariff, banking, business,
farming, and labor reform.
17. Discuss Wilson’s first term and question his role in reform and economics. Specifically list three major acts that defined
Wilson’s presidency.
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Describe Roosevelt’s assertive policies in Panama and elsewhere in Latin America, and explain why his corollary to the
Monroe Doctrine aroused such controversy
Discuss Roosevelt’s foreign policies and diplomatic achievements, especially regarding Japan.
State the basic features of Wilson’s moralistic foreign policy, and explain how, despite his intentions, it drew him into
intervention in Mexico and elsewhere in Latin America
Key Terms: These must be in your UNIT BINDER which is checked the day before the unit exam. Who, what, when and why each was significant.
Remember to use website I provided or you may use another source you find more helpful.
Spanish-American War
Teller Amendment
Panama Canal
Federal Reserve System
Ballinger-Pinchot Affair
Gentlemen's Agreement
Mann-Elkin Act
Anthracite Coal Strike
Lochner v New York
triple wall of privilege
Insular Cases
jingoism
Anti-Saloon League
Wobblies
Open Door Policy
Big Stick Policy
Volstead Act
"good and bad" trusts
Pure Food and Drug Act
Clayton Anti-trust Act
triple wall of privilege
pragmatism (William James)
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Russo-Japanese War
Dollar Diplomacy
Roosevelt Corollary
Keating-Owen Child Labor Act
Emilio Aguinaldo
Northern Securities Case
Clayton Anti-trust Act
Muller v Oregon
Presidential Profiles
-William McKinley
-Theodore Roosevelt
-William H. Taft
- Woodrow Wilson
-Warren G. Harding
-Calvin Coolidge
Core Structure Sheet Questions
1. Analyze the extent to which the Spanish-American War was a turning point in American
foreign policy.
2. Analyze the effectiveness of Progressive Era reformers in addressing problems of the late
nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In your answer, focus on reform efforts in TWO
of the following areas.
-State and federal government
-The workplace
-Living conditions in cities
3. Analyze the ways in which the federal government sought support on the home front for
the war effort during the First World War.