AMERICAN HISTORY
CHAPTER 9 PACKET:
Progressive Era
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9.1
The Origins of Progressivism
pp. 306-312
OUTLINING YOUR NOTES: Take notes as you read the text. Use outline formatting.
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Four Goals of Progressivism
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Protecting Social Welfare
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Promoting Moral Improvement
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Creating Economic Reform
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Fostering Efficiency
Cleaning Up Local Government
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Reforming Local Government
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Reform Mayors
Reform at the State Level
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Reform Governors
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Protecting Working Children
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Efforts to Limit Working Hours
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Reforming Elections
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Direct Election of Senators
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9.1
The Origins of Progressivism
pp. 306-312
TERMS AND NAMES: For each term or name, write a sentence explaining its significance.
1. progressive movement
2. Florence Kelley
3. prohibition
4. muckraker
5. scientific management
6. Robert M. La Follette
7. initiative
8. referendum
9. recall
10. Seventeenth Amendment
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9.1
The Origins of Progressivism
pp. 306-312
MAIN IDEAS: Answer each question as you read the text.
A. Why did the prohibition movement appeal to so many women?
B. What contribution did muckrakers make to the reform movement?
C. Contrast the goals of scientific management with other progressive reforms.
D. How did city government change during the Progressive Era?
E. Why did reformers seek to end child labor?
F. Summarize the impact of the direct election of senators.
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9.2
Women in Public Life
pp. 313-316
OUTLINING YOUR NOTES: Take notes as you read the text. Use outline formatting.
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Women in the Work Force
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Farm Women
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Women in Industry
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Domestic Workers
Women Lead Reform
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Women in Higher Education
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Women and Reform
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A Three-Part Strategy for Suffrage
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9.2
Women in Public Life
pp. 313-316
TERMS AND NAMES: For each term or name, write a sentence explaining its significance.
1. NACW
2. suffrage
3. Susan B. Anthony
4. NAWSA
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9.2
Women in Public Life
pp. 313-316
MAIN IDEAS: Answer each question as you read the text.
A. What kinds of job opportunities prompted more women to complete high school?
B. What social and economic effects did higher education have on women?
C. Why did suffragist leaders employ a three-part strategy for gaining the right to vote?
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9.3
Teddy Roosevelt’s Square Deal
pp. 317-327
OUTLINING YOUR NOTES: Take notes as you read the text. Use outline formatting.
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A Rough-Riding President
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Roosevelt’s Rise
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The Modern Presidency
Using Federal Power
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Trustbusting
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1902 Coal Strike
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Railroad Regulation
Health and the Environment
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Regulating Foods and Drugs
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Pure Food and Drug Act
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Conservation and Natural Resources
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Conservation Measures
Roosevelt and Civil Rights
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9.3
Teddy Roosevelt’s Square Deal
pp. 317-327
TERMS AND NAMES: For each term or name, write a sentence explaining its significance.
1. Upton Sinclair
2. The Jungle
3. Theodore Roosevelt
4. Square Deal
5. Meat Inspection Act
6. Pure Food and Drug Act
7. conservatism
8. NAACP
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9.3
Teddy Roosevelt’s Square Deal
pp. 317-327
MAIN IDEAS: Answer each question as you read the text.
A. What actions and characteristics of Teddy Roosevelt contributed to his reputation as the first modern president?
B. What was significant about the way the 1902 coal strike was settled?
C. What similarities did the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act share?
D. Summarize Roosevelt’s approach to environmental problems.
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9.4
Progressivism under Taft
pp. 328-331
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Taft Becomes President
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Taft Stumbles
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The Payne-Aldrich Tariff
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Disputing Public Lands
The Republican Party Splits
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Problems within the Party
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The Bull Moose Party
Democrats Win in 1912
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9.4
Progressivism under Taft
pp. 328-331
TERMS AND NAMES: For each term or name, write a sentence explaining its significance.
1. Gifford Pinchot
2. William Howard Taft
3. Payne-Aldrich Tariff
4. Bull Moose Party
5. Woodrow Wilson
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9.4
Progressivism under Taft
pp. 328-331
MAIN IDEAS: Answer each question as you read the text.
A. How did Taft’s appointee Richard Ballinger anger conservationists?
B. What were the differences between Taft’s and Roosevelt’s campaign platforms?
C. What might be one of Wilson’s first issues as president?
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9.5
Wilson’s New Freedom
pp. 332-337
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Wilson Wins Financial Reforms
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Wilson’s Background
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Two Key Antitrust Measures
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A New Tax System
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Federal Income Tax
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Federal Reserve System
Women Win Suffrage
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Local Suffrage Battles
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Catt and the National Movement
The Limits of Progressivism
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Wilson and Civil Rights
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The Twilight of Progressivism
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9.5
Wilson’s New Freedom
pp. 332-337
MAIN IDEAS: Answer each question as you read the text.
A. What was the impact of the two antitrust measures?
B. Why were tariff reform and the Federal Reserve System important?
C. Why do you think women won the right to vote in 1920, after earlier efforts had failed?
D. What actions of Wilson disappointed civil rights advocates?
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