#6 Populism and
Progressivism
As upper classmen you will now be in charge of your
homework with packets. On quiz day, ½ the packet
will be turned in. The entire packet is due the day of
the test. Pictures and political cartoons must also be
added to “spice up” the history.
You must have the word/people/idea in bold and
underlined in your packet. Ideas and concepts must
be in your own words.
The Packet:
1. Introduction Page: Title of the Unit, Your Name, My Name, Period, Due Date, Picture-1 page
2. Grange Movement (1 page)
a. Picture
b. Agricultural Revolution
c. Grange Movement
i. Definition
ii. Why did they form?
d. Munn v. Illinois (1876)
e. Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railroad v. Illinois (1887)
f. Interstate Commerce Commission/ Interstate Commerce Act
3. Populism (1 page)
a. Picture
b. Definition
c. William Jennings Bryan
i. Who did he represent?
ii. Cross of Gold Speech
d. Election of 1896
i. Who ran and under what party?
ii. Election results
iii. What happened to the Populist Party as a result?
e. Legacy of the Populist Party
f. 16th Amendment
g. 17th Amendment
4. Progressivism (2 pages)
a. Picture
b. Definition
c. Reformers (cause they took up, tactics used, and success they had)
i. Jane Addams
ii. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
iii. Susan B. Anthony
iv. Booker T. Washington
v. WEB DuBois
vi. Ida Wells Barnett
vii. Marcus Garvey
viii. Carry Nation
ix. Robert LaFollette (Initiative, Referendum and Recall)
d. Political Machines
e. Boss Tweed
f. Muckrakers (Tactics used and success (laws passed) they had)
i. Thomas Nast
1. Tactic
2. Resulting Laws
ii. Jacob Riis
1. Book
2. Resulting Laws
iii. Upton Sinclair
1. Book
2. Resulting Laws
iv. Lincoln Steffens
1. Book
2. Resulting Laws
v. Ida Tarbell
1. Book
2. Resulting Laws
5. Progressive Presidents (1 page)
a. Picture
b. Theodore Roosevelt (Political Party and state his years in office)
i. Square Deal
ii. Hepburn Act
iii. Meat Inspection Act
iv. Pure Food and Drug Act
c. William Howard Taft (Political Party and state his years in office)
i. Trust busting
d. Woodrow Wilson(Political Party and state his years in office)
i. “New Freedom”
ii. Underwood Tariff Bill
iii. Federal Reserve Act
iv. Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914
v. Clayton Anti-Trust Act
vi. 18th Amendment
6. Questions: (1 page)
a. How successful was the Grange Movement?
b. What is the role of third parties in American politics?
c. What political, social and economic reforms did the Progressives try to achieve?
d. How progressive were Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson? Explain.
e. Summarize the election of 1912. (Who ran, under what party for each, and the winner- also
explain the split ticket.)
f. What tactics did the suffragettes use to try to gain the right to vote?