Unit 4 Syllabus: The Progressive Era and World War I
This is the rough outline of unit 4. Make a note in your planners about major quizzes, tests, and projects. It is possible that some of
these dates might change, but only by a day or two.
Week 1
Dates
Wednesday, 10/21
Topic Covered in Class
Progressive Era Social Reformers
Homework
Finish Classwork
Thursday, 10/22
Social Reformers and Muckrakers
Read pages 613-616
Friday, 10/23
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
Read pages 617-619
Week 2
Dates
Tuesday, 10/27
Topic Covered in Class
Comparing Past and Present: Triangle and Bangladesh
Homework
Read pages 620-624
Wednesday, 10/28
Progressive Government Reforms
Study for Friday’s Quiz
Thursday, 10/29
Reviewing Progressive Legal Reforms
Study for Friday’s Quiz
Friday, 10/30
Quiz: The Progressive Reformers
Read pages 624-428
Week 3
Dates
Monday, 11/2
Topic Covered in Class
The Progressive Presidents
Homework
None
Tuesday, 11/3
Teddy Roosevelt and William Howard Taft
Read pages 628-631
Wednesday, 11/4
Election of 1912 and President Wilson
Read pages 667-673
Thursday, 11/5
Causes of World War I
Study for tomorrow’s quiz
Friday, 11/6
Quiz: Progressive Presidents and Causes of WWI
Read pages 673-678
Week 4
Dates
Monday, 11/9
Topic Covered in Class
Life at Home During WWI
Homework
Read pages 678-681
Tuesday, 11/10
Life at Home During WWI
Read pages 681-689
Wednesday, 11/11
VETERAN’S DAY: NO SCHOOL
SAME AS TUESDAY
Thursday, 11/12
Wilson’s 14 Points
Study for tomorrow’s quiz
Friday, 11/13
Quiz: WWI
Study for Tuesday’s test
Week 5
Dates
Monday, 11/16
Topic Covered in Class
Review for tomorrow’s test on Unit 4
Homework
Study for tomorrow’s test
Tuesday, 11/17
Test: Unit 4 – the Progressive Era and WWI
TBD
Key Terms for Unit 4
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Progressivism
Bull Moose Party
Trustbusting
Progressive Reform
Settlement Houses
Social Gospel
Tenements
Hull House
Muckrakers
Socialism
Capitalism
Square Deal
16th Amendment
17th Amendment
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
Meat Inspection Act
Pure Food and Drug Act
Underwood-Simmons Tariff
Keating-Owen Act
Federal Reserve Act
Federal Trade Commission
Conservation
Bureau of Reclamation
Referendum
Initiative
Recall
Australian Ballot
Niagara Movement
Wilson’s 14 Points
League of Nations
New Nationalism
New Freedom
Red Scare
Tammany Hall
Selective Service Act 1917
Committee on Public Information
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War Industries Board
Liberty Bonds
Victory Gardens
World War I
Zimmerman Telegram
Lusitania Sinking
Russian Revolution
Bolshevik Revolution
Espionage and Sedition Acts
Schenck vs. US (1919)
Treaty of Versailles 1919
Anthracite Coal Strike 1902
Red Scare
Palmer Raids
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
Vladimir Lenin
Margaret Sanger
Jane Addams
Robert La Follette
Theodore Roosevelt
William H. Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Warren G. Harding
W.E.B. DuBois
Lincoln Steffens
Frank Norris
Upton Sinclair
Ida Tarbell
Jacob Riis
Ida B. Wells
Thomas Nast
Allied Powers
Central Powers
Boss Tweed
Eugene Debs
Irreconcilables
Reservationists