Chapter 9: The Progressive Era
Its the dawn of the 20th century, and the reform movement is growing. Moral reformers are trying to ban alcoholic beverages. Political reformers work toward fair government and business practices. Women fight for equal wages and the right to vote. Throughout society, social and economic issues take center stage.
High School Social Studies Content Expectations
Michigan Department of Education
6.3 Progressivism and Reform-
Select and evaluate major public and social issues emerging from the changes in industrial, urban, and global America
during this period; analyze the solutions or resolutions developed by Americans, and their consequences (positive/
negative – anticipated/unanticipated) including, but not limited to, the following:
6.3.1 Social Issues –
Describe at least three significant problems or issues created by America’s industrial and urban transformation between 1895 and 1930 (e.g., urban and rural poverty and blight, child labor, immigration, political corruption, public health, poor working conditions, and monopolies).
6.3.2 Causes and Consequences of Progressive Reform –
Analyze the causes, consequences, and limitations of Progressive reform in the following areas:
• major changes in the Constitution, including 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th Amendments
• new regulatory legislation (e.g., Pure Food and Drug Act, Sherman and Clayton Anti-Trust Acts)
• the Supreme Court’s role in supporting or slowing reform
• role of reform organizations, movements and individuals in promoting change (e.g., Women’s Christian Temperance Union, settlement house movement, conservation movement, and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Jane Addams, Carrie Chapman Catt, Eugene Debs, W.E.B. DuBois, Upton Sinclair, Ida Tarbell)
• efforts to expand and restrict the practices of democracy as reflected in post-Civil War struggles of African Americans and immigrants
6.3.3 Women’s Suffrage –
Analyze the successes and failures of efforts to expand women’s rights, including the work of important leaders (e.g., Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton) and the eventual ratification of the 19th Amendment.
Michigan Department of Education
6.3 Progressivism and Reform-
Select and evaluate major public and social issues emerging from the changes in industrial, urban, and global America
during this period; analyze the solutions or resolutions developed by Americans, and their consequences (positive/
negative – anticipated/unanticipated) including, but not limited to, the following:
6.3.1 Social Issues –
Describe at least three significant problems or issues created by America’s industrial and urban transformation between 1895 and 1930 (e.g., urban and rural poverty and blight, child labor, immigration, political corruption, public health, poor working conditions, and monopolies).
6.3.2 Causes and Consequences of Progressive Reform –
Analyze the causes, consequences, and limitations of Progressive reform in the following areas:
• major changes in the Constitution, including 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th Amendments
• new regulatory legislation (e.g., Pure Food and Drug Act, Sherman and Clayton Anti-Trust Acts)
• the Supreme Court’s role in supporting or slowing reform
• role of reform organizations, movements and individuals in promoting change (e.g., Women’s Christian Temperance Union, settlement house movement, conservation movement, and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Jane Addams, Carrie Chapman Catt, Eugene Debs, W.E.B. DuBois, Upton Sinclair, Ida Tarbell)
• efforts to expand and restrict the practices of democracy as reflected in post-Civil War struggles of African Americans and immigrants
6.3.3 Women’s Suffrage –
Analyze the successes and failures of efforts to expand women’s rights, including the work of important leaders (e.g., Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton) and the eventual ratification of the 19th Amendment.
Chapter 9: The Progressive Era
Layered Unit Checklist
Non-Negotiable
You Must Do ONE of the Following:
Ch. 9 Study Questions: (25pts.) OR Ch. 9 6 Square--all sections (25pts.) OR Ch. 9 Graphic Organizers: (25pts.) OR Ch. 9 Outline: (25pts) Vocabulary: You Must Do ONE of the Following: Ch. 9 Identifications (15pts.) OR Ch. 9 Word Search (15pts.) OR Ch. 9 Crossword Puzzle (15pts.) |
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Rubric for Essay Topic: Write an Essay that describes the Women's rights movement in the 1900s. Para 1: What was role of women in 1900s Para 2: What did women want to change Para 3. Who and How did it change |