HOT ROCRead 17.5 and use the information in there for

your historical applications as you add progressive and suffrage to your glossary.

Reminders: Essay due on block day. Paper copy due in class,

digital copy due to www.turnitin.com Vocab Quiz Friday Test review on Friday at lunch Test on Monday October 10th

POV Activity: Confronting Racism in the Progressive Era

How should issues of race and racism be addressed in American society?

Read and respond to DuBois and Washington excerpts from pgs 228 & 229. Which perspective do you

agree most with and why? Which is the liberal point of

view and which is the radical point of view?

Categorizing practice Explain the different responses people had to the problems at the end of

the 19th Century. Sort these people or events into Reactionary, Conservative, Liberal or

Radical:

Populists Progressives Social Gospel Movement

Unions strikes voting restriction laws

Nativists monopolies Social Darwinism

Political machines Chinese Exclusion Act

Sort these people or events into a Big Government or Big Business solution to the problem.

Tenement housesPolitical MachinesNat’l Child Labor Committee

Laissez-faire policies Workers’ Compensation Vertical Integration

Robber Barons inspectors of garbage collection

The Progressive Presidents

DirectionsMake a large Venn diagram on a whole sheet of paper.Use 18.2, 18.3, 18.4 (p.232-239) to find out what

Progressive reforms each of the following Presidents did and what similarities/differences the Presidents had between each other. Think of: Political reforms Economic reforms Social reforms

At the end, use the information to write a thesis sentence response that includes prompt, organizational categories and position.

Use 18.2, 18.3, 18.4 (p.232-239) to find out what Progressive reforms each of the following Presidents did.

Roosevelt

TaftWilson

• Political reforms

• Economic reforms

• Social reforms

Thesis statementPrompt: Compare and contrast the progressive reforms of Presidents Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson.

Wrap Up: The Election of 1912*Add this information to your venn diagram

CandidatesRoosevelt:

Republican President 1901-1908

Wanted Republican nomination, failed to get it, created Progressive “Bull Moose” party

Taft: IncumbentRepublican President

1908-1912Wilson

Democrat

And…Eugene Debs- Socialist

Modern Example:

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Results

Answer Key  

Teddy Roosevelt1901-1908

William Taft1908-1912

Woodrow Wilson 1912-1921

Similarities

Political Reforms

Square Deal- big business reform

Wanted to limit the power of big corporationsLawsuits against trusts

New Freedom: limited the power of trustsClayton antitrust act- limit trusts even more, protected labor unions19th Amendment- Suffrage

Roosevelt supported Taft in the 1908 election.All presidents wanted to reform big businessRoosevelt and Wilson sympathetic to women’s right to vote

Economic Reforms

Sherman Anti Trust ActHepburn Act- The Fed. Gov. could set railroad ratesArbitration for steel workers

Low tariff platform in his campaign- however in 1909 he raised tariffs- upset Progressives

Tariff ReformCreated the Federal Trade CommissionFederal Reserve (The Fed)16th Amendment- income tax17th Amendment- direct election

Taft and Wilson wanted to reform the banking system

Social Reforms

Meat Inspection Act, Pure Food and Drug Act (FDA)US Forest Service- set aside land for national forests 

Added land to national forests,Children’s BureauNational wildlife refuge

Keating-Owen Child Labor ActNational Park Service18th Amendment- Prohibition 

All three did not worry about racial tensions in the US.Taft and Wilson set up 8 hour workdays

New VocabElection

Putting it all togetherNotes Checklist While putting together the checklist, you will watch a

video about the turn of the century.The Century: Seeds of Change Part 1: Start at 6:13

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEcpJQxtswA Part 2:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IepTBls1uk&feature=related Part 3:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dae7QI6gIsA&feature=related