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Chapter 10: 1898-1919 Inquiry Organizer
How did the Progressive vision shape American politics, society, and foreign policy from 1898 to 1917?
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- Lesson3
- Narrative12
- Primary Source10
- Point-Counterpoint1
- Decision Point2
Compelling question
How did the Progressive vision shape American politics, society, and foreign policy from 1898 to 1917?
Chapter objectives
- Students will understand how Progressive reforms expanded the role of government in the American economy and society.
- Students will understand how Progressive ideas helped shape America’s expanding presence around the globe.
- Students will compare and contrast the Progressive understanding of the scale, scope, and purpose of government with that of the Founders.
Supporting questions and resources
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Supporting question 1
How did Progressive reforms expand the role of government in the U.S. economy and American society?
- NarrativeIda M. Tarbell’s Crusade against Standard Oil
- NarrativeAlice Paul and the Struggle for Women’s Suffrage
- NarrativeWestward Expansion and the Quest to Conserve
- NarrativeJim Crow and Progressivism
- Primary SourceLewis Hine, Photographs Documenting Child Labor, 1908
- Primary SourceUpton Sinclair,The Jungle, 1906
- Primary SourceElihu Root vs. William Jennings Bryan on Women’s Suffrage, 1894-1914
- Primary SourceCarrie Chapman Catt, Open Address to the U.S. Congress, 1917
- LessonWomen’s Suffrage and the Nineteenth Amendment
- LessonThe Progressive Movement DBQ
Supporting question 2
How did Progressive ideas help shape America’s expanding presence around the globe?
- NarrativeRemember the Maine! Theodore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders
- NarrativeThe Panama Canal
- Primary SourceCartoon Analysis: “A Lesson for Anti-Expansionists”, Victor Gillam, 1899
- NarrativeAmerica Enters World War I
- NarrativeThe Philippine-American War
- NarrativeOver There: The U.S. Soldier in World War I
- Decision PointThe Treaty of Versailles
- Primary SourceRedfield Proctor vs. Mark Twain on American Imperialism, 1898-1906
- Primary SourceThe Espionage Act of 1917
- Primary SourceGeorge M. Cohan, “Over There”, 1917
- Primary SourceWoodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points, 1918
- LessonSchenck v. United States DBQ
Supporting question 3
How did the Progressive vision of the government’s scale, scope, and purpose compare with that of the Founders?
- NarrativeSpeaker Joseph Cannon Dethroned
- NarrativeWilsonian Progressivism
- Decision PointThe Election of 1912
- Point-CounterpointDid the Progressive Movement Diverge from Founding Principles and Did It Affect the Purpose of Government?
- Chapter 10 Introductory Essay: 1898-1919
- NarrativeThe Great Migration
- Primary SourceBusiness and Advertising in the Early Twentieth Century, 1910-1917
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Use this Lesson with Alice Paul and the Struggle for Women's Suffrage Narrative, the Elihu Root vs. William Jennings Bryan on Women's Suffrage, 1894-1914 Primary Source, and the Carrie Chapman Catt, Open Address to the U.S. Congress, 1917 Primary Source to further explore the journey of the women's suffrage movement.
Use this Lesson with the Wilsonian Progressivism Narrative and the Did the Progressive Movement Diverge from Founding Principles and Did It Affect the Purpose of Government? Point-Counterpoint to understand the Progressive Era.
Use this Lesson with The Espionage Act of 1917 Primary Source to explore how domestic groups who spoke out against U.S. involvement in World War I were treated. Facilitation Notes: Students should know how to approach primary sources, as well as some factual background regarding the events and time period of World War 1.