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.

• Ida M. Tarbell’s Crusade against Standard Oil Narrative
• Alice Paul and the Struggle for Women’s Suffrage Narrative
• Westward Expansion and the Quest to Conserve Narrative
• Jim Crow and Progressivism Narrative
• Lewis Hine, Photographs Documenting Child Labor, 1908 Primary Source
• Upton Sinclair,The Jungle, 1906 Primary Source
• Elihu Root vs. William Jennings Bryan on Women’s Suffrage, 1894-1914 Primary Source
• Carrie Chapman Catt, Open Address to the U.S. Congress, 1917 Primary Source
• Women’s Suffrage and the Nineteenth Amendment Lesson
• The Progressive Movement DBQ Lesson

• Remember theMaine! Theodore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders Narrative
• The Panama Canal Narrative
• Cartoon Analysis: “A Lesson for Anti-Expansionists”, Victor Gillam, 1899 Primary Source
• America Enters World War I Narrative
• The Philippine-American War Narrative
• Over There: The U.S. Soldier in World War I Narrative
• The Treaty of Versailles Decision Point
• Redfield Proctor vs. Mark Twain on American Imperialism, 1898-1906 Primary Source
• The Espionage Act of 1917 Primary Source
• George M. Cohan, “Over There”, 1917 Primary Source
• Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points, 1918 Primary Source
• Schenck v. United States DBQ Lesson

• Speaker Joseph Cannon Dethroned Narrative
• Wilsonian Progressivism Narrative
• The Election of 1912 Decision Point
• Did the Progressive Movement Diverge from Founding Principles and Did It Affect the Purpose of Government? Point-Counterpoint

Additional Resources:

• Chapter 10 Introductory Essay: 1898-1919
• The Great Migration Narrative
• Business and Advertising in the Early Twentieth Century, 1910-1917 Primary Source

Unit 6 Essay Activity How did the Progressive vision shape American politics, society, and foreign policy from 1898 to 1917? Option A: Explore the similarities and differences in the Progressive vision of the government’s scale, scope, and purpose with that of the Founders. Through this inquiry, students will evaluate primary and secondary sources to explain the factors that contributed to a shift in U.S. relations with the rest of the world. Ultimately, students will use the primary and secondary sources in this chapter to practice constructing an essay, in AP Long Essay Question format, demonstrating their skills in explaining historical comparison. Students should be evaluated using the AP Rubric Assess students’ progress in understanding the compelling question for this chapter by assigning the Unit 6 Essay Activity.