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Notes Topic: Roots of Rebellion/ Populist Party Unit 7: The Progressive Age

Notes A. Growth in the Populist PARTY:

A. WHAT HAPPENED IN 1893 THAT IMPACTED US SOCIETY? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

B. POPULIST PARTY: _______________________________________ ___________________________________________________

A. HOW DID THEY USE THE ECONOMIC DEPRESSION TO THEIR ADVANTAGE? _________________________________ __________________________________________

C. 1894: COXEY’S ARMY: ____________________________________ ___________________________________________________

A. How did President Cleveland respond? _____________ __________________________________________

B. Table Discussion: A. What does Coxey’s Army remind you of from previous history?

___________________________________________________ B. Why don’t people currently storm the government if they are

unhappy? or do they? ___________________________________ ___________________________________________________

C. Currency Deflation Issue: A. deflation is: _________________________________________

___________________________________________________ B. specie: ______________________________________________ C. what is the difference between using the gold standard and

specie? _____________________________________________ ___________________________________________________

D. what effect did the mining of silver have on this issue? ___________________________________________________

E. why did farmers want to use gold and silver as specie? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

A. why did Businesses and banks oppose this? _________ ____________________________________________________________________________________

F. how did the Populist Party use this issue? __________________ ___________________________________________________

G. free silver issue: _____________________________________ ___________________________________________________

A. how did the Democrats respond to the issue? __________________________________________

B. what did Pres. Cleveland do? ___________________ __________________________________________

Bell Work Question(s):

1. How do you predict the rise in labor unions will effect American Business and their involvement in politics? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Questions: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

SUMMARY/REFLECTION:

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A. Election of 1896: A. Democrats elect: ___________________________- why? ___________________________________________ B. Populists elect: ______________________________

A. so what do these parties do? _________________________________________________________ C. 1896 Democratic convention speech “cross of gold” speech: _____________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________ B. Modern focus questions:

A. do some modern day politicians attack the rich and the wealthy? why and how do they do this? ____________ _________________________________________________________________________________________

C. Election of 1896 continued… A. Republicans (GOP) elect: _____________________ why? ____________________________________________

A. what was his campaign platform: ______________________________________________________ B. who won? ____________________________ how? ________________________________________________

D. Emergence of the Progressive Era: (1900-1914) A. who were the leaders during this time period? ____________________________________________________ B. what was their goal? _______________________________________________________________________ C. urban liberalism: ___________________________________________________________________________ D. how did political machines adapt to this? _______________________________________________________ E. Robert La Follette example: ___________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________ A. led to the creation of the first direct primary election. how was this unique? _________________

________________________________________________________________________________ A. Initiative: & Referendum: ____________________________________________________ B. Recall: _________________________________________________________________

F. what key ideas do Progressives reject? __________________________________________________________ A. william james and pragmatism: ________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ G. muckrakers: _______________________________________________________________________________

A. examples: A. upton sinclair “The Jungle” __________________________________________________ B. ida tarbell “history of standard oil” _________________________________________ C. thomas nast political cartoons: ______________________________________________ D. Jacob Riis Photos: _________________________________________________________

E. election of 1900 A. republicans elect: __________________________ why? ___________________________________________ B. democrats nominate: ________________________ why? ____________________________________________ C. who won? _________________ what happened to him? ______________________________________________


Notes Topic: T. Roosevelt and Progressive Party Unit 7: The Progressive Age

Notes A. Teddy’s stance on politics

A. By 1900 what had the progressives realized? _________________ ___________________________________________________

B. what was the “bully pulpit”? ____________________________ ___________________________________________________

A. do current presidents still use this?______________ __________________________________________

C. how was teddy Roosevelt a moderate president on the issue of business? ___________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

D. 1903 created the Bureau of Corporations to ___________________________________________________

E. sherman anti-trust act: ________________________________ ___________________________________________________

B. Teddy takes on the monopolies: A. uses Sherman Anti-trust against Northern Securities company. Why

was this seen as a big deal? ____________________________ ___________________________________________________

B. why were other presidents fearful of J.P. Morgan? _____________ ___________________________________________________

C. what happened to this company? __________________________ C. Pair Share:

A. why was it smart to allow the supreme court to hear this case and not have it be his own decision? _____________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

D. revolts and strikes… oh my! A. what were the coal miners in pennsylvania striking for?

___________________________________________________ B. when the owners refused to negotiate, what did this threaten?

___________________________________________________ C. what did teddy do to help? _____________________________

A. what was the result? _________________________ __________________________________________

D. why was this such a big deal? ___________________________ ___________________________________________________

E. what was the effect of this on union membership? ____________ ___________________________________________________

E. how was teddy Roosevelt the first environmental president? _____________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


1. what surprised you while reading sinclair’s description of the meat-packing industry?_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Questions: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

SUMMARY/REFLECTION:

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A. Election of 1904: A. What strategy did Roosevelt use for his re-election? _______________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________ B. did it work? _______________________________________

B. Progressive changes: A. new administrations created in response to the muckraker articles:

A. _________________________________________________________ B. _________________________________________________________ C. _________________________________________________________

B. how would this change the food industry? do they still impact us today? _______________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________

C. Election of 1908: A. GOP candidate: _________________________ Democratic candidate: _______________________________ B. what happened? ____________________________________________________________________________

D. Taft’s presidency and issues: A. Triangle shirtwaist Co. factory fire: ___________________________________________________________ B. what was the effect of this tragic event? _______________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________ C. why was Taft not an effective politician? _______________________________________________________

A. who chose to run for the GOP role in the next election? ____________________________________ E. Election of 1912:

A. Progressive Party “Bull Moose Party” Elect __________________________________________ B. Democrats elect: ___________________________________________ C. Republicans (GOP) elect: _____________________________________________ D. what happened in the election? ________________________________________________________________

F. Wilson as president: A. what was his slogan? _______________________________________________________________________ B. what did he do while in office? _______________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________ C. 16th Amendment: _____________________________________________________________________________ D. 17th amendment: _____________________________________________________________________________

G. Questions to consider: A. how did this benefit people? __________________________________________________________________ B. how did it help end the divide between rich and poor? ______________________________________________

H. More acts under wilson: A. clayton anti-trust act: ______________________________________________________________________ B. restrictions to labor: _______________________________________________________________________


Notes Topic: Women/African Americans Unit 7: The Progressive Age

Notes A. Women’s role in the Progressive Era

A. cult of womanhood: ____________________________________ B. how else did women seek to expand their roles? ______________

___________________________________________________ C. settlement houses: _____________________________________

___________________________________________________ A. example: _________________________ created by

_____________________________. D. what was their argument for women’s suffrage? ______________

___________________________________________________ E. carrie chapman Catt forms the ___________________________

___________________________________________________. F. how was this the birth of the modern feminist movement? ______

___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________

A. Why would this cause a generational shift? ____________________________________________________________________________________

G. 1908: Muller v. Oregon: ___________________________________ ___________________________________________________

H. 1916 formation of the National Women’s Party: A. who founded it? _____________________________ B. what was its purpose? ________________________

__________________________________________ C. Protest at the White House effects: ______________

__________________________________________ A. successful? ________________________

B. Minorities/Blacks in the Progressive Era: A. did this movement address racism? ________________________

___________________________________________________ B. Explain Booker T. Washington’s Atlantic Compromise: ___________

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

A. what did he establish to help this cause? __________________________________________

C. who disagreed with Washington’s ideals? ___________________ A. what did he believe? _________________________

__________________________________________ D. what was the Niagara Movement? _________________________

___________________________________________________ E. Formation of the NAACp: ________________________________

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1. How do you think women and African American rights changed during this Progressive time period?_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Questions: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

SUMMARY/REFLECTION:

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A. Minorities/Black Rights continued… A. what are the main goals of the NAACP and the Urban League? _________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________

B. Table Assigned Primary Source Analysis: A. Each person will be assigned different readings and you will create the following as a

team: A. One Double Bubble comparison map B. One multi-flow cause and effect map C. one tree categorization map


Notes Topic: USA as a World Power Unit 7: The Progressive Age

Notes A. Early USA Foreign Policy

A. where was most Attention focused during this time? ___________________________________________________

B. Who did Americans view were responsible for “civilizing” the world? why them? _____________________________________ ___________________________________________________

A. how did the closing of the western frontier effect American expansion ideals? ____________________ __________________________________________

C. What had changed by the late 19th century? _________________ ___________________________________________________

A. why was this a failure? _______________________ __________________________________________

D. How did Agricultural growth and the industrial revolution impact our foreign policy? ______________________________ ___________________________________________________

A. where did most of our exports go? _______________ __________________________________________

B. why open ports in Asia? _______________________ __________________________________________

B. USA Trades with Japan: A. Treaty of Kanagawa: __________________________________

___________________________________________________ A. why was this so important? ____________________

__________________________________________ C. USA buys Alaska

A. Bought from? _________________ for how much? ____________ B. Why did Americans refer to this as “Seward’s folly”? __________

___________________________________________________ D. Industrialization effects:

A. How did the industrialization of steam engines change US territorial needs? ____________________________________ ___________________________________________________

E. USa and Hawaii: A. Why was the Us interested in Hawaii? _____________________

___________________________________________________ B. What deal did we have with Hawaii up to this point? ________

___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________

C. What do you predict will happen here? _____________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________


1. What do you think prompted our government to become more involved in global affairs during this time period? What was our early foreign policy?_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Questions: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

SUMMARY/REFLECTION:

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A. The influence of writing on American Navy Power: A. Alfred T. Mahan writes __________________________________.__________________

A. what was the message of this? _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________

B. how did this effect our foreign policy? _________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________

B. US fear on Latin America issues: A. what did the USA fear would happen in Latin America? ____________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________ A. why was this such a big deal for the USA? _____________________________________

B. Explain the Venezuela incident: _______________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

B. USA takes over Hawaii: A. Why did they do this? _______________________________________________________________________ B. how did they accomplish this? ________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________ A. what happened to Hawaii in 1898? ______________________________________________________

C. Modern day Argument Analysis: A. what type of foreign policy relationship do you think the United States should have? Explain

what kind of relationship you think our country should have with the Global markets: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


Notes Topic: Spanish-American War Unit 7: The Progressive Age

Notes A. Background information:

A. who still owned Cuba? _________________________________ B. what were the Cuban people doing at this point to gain their

independence? ________________________________________ C. how did Spain respond to them? __________________________

___________________________________________________ B. Impact of Yellow Journalism on USA Response:

A. how did yellow journalism cause the USA to get emotionally involved in this Cuban conflict? _________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

B. which two writers influenced this? _______________________ ___________________________________________________

C. Jingoism: ____________________________________________ D. how did Americans view war with Spain at this point? ________

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

A. knowing what you know about US foreign policy at this time, why did this reaction make sense to most American people? _____________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________

E. How did the President (McKinley) respond? ___________________ ___________________________________________________

F. Sinking of the USS Maine: _______________________________ ___________________________________________________

C. Table Discussion: A. How did newspapers have such an impact on the public’s perception

of the event? ________________________________________ ___________________________________________________

B. do newspapers today still have this high of a impact? why or why not? _______________________________________________ ___________________________________________________

D. American response to the sinking of the Maine: A. what did most Americans ask for? ________________________ B. What were Anti-Imperialists claims that our intentions were in

regards to Cuba? _____________________________________ ___________________________________________________

C. Teller Amendment: _____________________________________ ___________________________________________________

D. Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders: ______________________ ___________________________________________________


1. Do you recall what caused the Spanish-American War to take place? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Questions: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

SUMMARY/REFLECTION:

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A. Major Battles of Spanish-American War: A. Kettle Hill and San Juan Hill: _________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________ B. how did the victory at San Juan make T. Roosevelt a hero? __________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________ C. Where did majority of American losses come from during the war? _____________________________________ D. What was the impact of Manila Bay? ____________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________ B. End of the War:

A. Spain surrenders in ______________ and agreed to the Treaty of _____________________________. A. what were the terms of this treaty? ___________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ B. why did Cuba become a US Protectorate? ________________________________________________

C. Anti-Imperialist Perspective: A. Two famous anti-imperialist: _________________________________________________________________

A. was this the popular opinion at the time? _______________________________________________ B. what becomes the new “Manifest destiny” for the USA? _______________________________________________

D. USA and the Philippines: A. why did the conflict start? __________________________________________________________________ B. what was the goal? ________________________________________________________________________ C. who led the Philippines against the USA? ________________________________________________________ D. what was the end effect of the war? ___________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________

E. Create a multi-flow cause and effect map below that shows the impact of American journalism on our foreign policy:


Notes Topic: Big Stick Diplomacy/Imperialism Unit 7: The Progressive Age

Notes A. USa attempts to trade with Asia:

A. why did the USA want to gain access to trade in Asia? ___________________________________________________

B. What was the Open Door Policy? __________________________ ___________________________________________________

C. How did Secretary John Hay “negotiate” this treaty? __________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

B. Boxer Rebellion in China: A. what caused this? ____________________________________ B. who was sent in to end the revolt? _______________________

___________________________________________________ C. what was the end effect? _______________________________

___________________________________________________ A. why were the Chinese fearful of outsiders?

__________________________________________ C. Teddy Roosevelt as President:

A. what was his foreign policy ideal? _______________________ ___________________________________________________

B. “Big Stick Diplomacy” __________________________________ ___________________________________________________

C. Hay-Pauncefote Agreement: _______________________________ ___________________________________________________

A. what did this symbolize? ______________________ __________________________________________

D. Platt Amendement: _____________________________________ ___________________________________________________

A. revised the _________________________________ B. granted the us Navy rights to __________________

__________________________________________ E. Panama Canal issues:

A. what issue did the USA run into when trying to build the canal? _________________________________

B. how did the USA get around this issue? ___________ ____________________________________________________________________________________

F. Do you think the USA has done this in other time periods? Backed “rebel” sides to favor US policies? ________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

G. Roosevelt Corollary: ___________________________________ ___________________________________________________


1. what are your predictions for our next president’s role on imperialism and expansion?_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Questions: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

SUMMARY/REFLECTION:

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A. Foreign conflict/wars effecting the USA: A. Why were Japan and Russia fighting? ___________________________________________________________ B. who was winning in this fight? _______________________________________________________________ C. how did t. Roosevelt settle the balance of power in this war? ________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________ A. what was he awarded? ______________________________________________________________

D. Gentlemen’s agreement (1907): ____________________________________________________________________ E. 1907 Roosevelt Cruise around the globe:

A. why did he do this? ________________________________________________________________ B. Taft as president: some changes

A. how does TAFT CHANGE THE “BIG STICK” PLAN? _______________________________________________________ B. DOLLAR DIPLOMACY: ___________________________________________________________________________

C. WILSON MODIFIES: A. HOW DOES WILSON MODIFY TAFT’S PLAN? ____________________________________________________________ B. WHY DID HE DO THAT? ________________________________________________________________________

A. WHAT’S AN EXAMPLE OF US INTERFERENCE UNDER WILSON’S IDEOLOGY? ________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________

B. PANCHO VILLA AND MEXICO EXAMPLE: _____________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________

D. CREATE A DOUBLE BUBBLE COMPARISON MAP BETWEEN “BIG STICK DIPLOMACY” AND “DOLLAR DIPLOMACY” BELOW:

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