Unit 4 Study Guide: The Progressive Movement Ch. 15 Section 1: The Roots Progressivism—Due Monday, Nov. 24 video: view the 2:30 video from the online text. List some gains & failures of progressivism. The Rise of Progressivism?  Define progressivism. What produced this stage in US History?  What role did the progressives believe government should take?  What did they feel would help the most in producing solutions for society?  Who were the muckrakers and why were they important?  How did Jacob Riis try to help the urban poor? Reforming Government  How did progressives want to reform government? Give several examples of reforms that progressives supported.  How did progressives hope to solve problems through political reform? Woman Suffrage  Define suffrage. List some prominent females that led the women’s movement.  Where did women first gain the right to vote in the US?  What strategies did women use in their fight for woman suffrage?  Look at the map on p. 359. What trends do you notice about the map.  What year did women finally gain the nationwide right to vote? # The Amendment. Reforming Society  What kinds of problems did these reformers want to solve? How did they go about trying to make these reforms?  Read the “analyzing primary resources” on p. 360. What insight does the description offer about the progressives’ views of child labor & working conditions?  List some specific successes the progressives made in Child Labor.  What steps did progressives take to help workers?  What happened at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company? How did it help the progressive movement?  What is prohibition? Why did people blame the use of alcohol for many of society’s problems?  What did progressives agree on in terms of Big Business? How did the different groups think the problems should be addressed?

**Reading Quiz 4.1 Tuesday, Nov. 25** Ch. 15 Section 2: Roosevelt & Taft—Due Monday, Dec. 1 Roosevelt Revives the Presidency  Using the online textbook (go to Ch. 15, Lesson 2) Click on the video on the right about Teddy Roosevelt (1:26) . . . Explain Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt’s (TR) path to the presidency. List his positive qualities the video depicts.  How did Social Darwinism run counter to the beliefs of progressives?  What is the Square Deal?  How did TRs popularity grow with the public?  What role did TR play in the Coal Strike of 1902? How might this be considered “progressive”?  How was TR’s approach to labor unions different from his predecessors?  What was the Square Deal?  How and why was TR a trust-buster?

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Identify Upton Sinclair & The Jungle Identify the purpose of the Meat Inspection Act of 1906 and the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906.

Conservation  How did TR help to preserve/conserve the environment?  What is the “bully pulpit”?  Summarize the major accomplishments of Teddy Roosevelt Taft’s Reforms  Why did the progressives feel the “fire had gone out of the movement”?  What are tariffs?  What was the conflict between Ballinger & Pinchot?  Define insubordination.  Why do you think Roosevelt’s support of Taft changed so drastically? Ch. 15 Section 3: The Wilson Years Due Tuesday, Dec. 2 The Election of 1912  Why did Roosevelt choose to leave the Republican Party and run as independent?  How would the formation of the Progressive Party help the Democratic candidate?  Why did TR decide to run against Taft in 1912?  What was unique about the 1912 election? What was the result? Wilson’s Reforms  What did the 16th amendment do? Why was it important to the progressives?  Why is the reserve banks’ ability to set interest rates important?  How did Wilson come to finally agree with Roosevelt?  What is the Federal Trade Commission used for?  Identify the purpose of the Clayton Anti-Trust Act. Progressivism’s Legacies and Limits  What steps did TR take to advance racial equality?  How did the reforms of Wilson differ from those of Roosevelt?  How did the progressives help to change the role of gov’t in the economy & social problems?  What was the biggest limit or failure of the progressive era?  What is the NAACP? Who was the original leader?  What is the ADL? What is its purpose?

**Reading Quiz 4.2 Wednesday, Dec. 3** Note: there is no Unit test. Presentation: group progressive presentation due on Friday December 5