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DO NOW What does it mean for you to make progress in your life? What does it mean for a whole country to make progress?
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Progressive Party LO: Students will be able to evaluate the impact of the Progressive Movement on the Presidency. 5(C) Teddy Roosevelt William Howard Taft Woodrow Wilson DOL: Students will evaluate which presidencies was the most “Progressive” and explain why citing at least one policy example.
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Progressive Era: pg22 Two main goals to make society better for people: 1. People get more access to government (like voting) 2. Government fixes social problems
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Progressive Party: aka “Bull Moose Party”: Formed by Teddy Roosevelt to bring these ideas to power Lost presidential election but won some Congress seats Third Parties: Take votes from main parties; Get their ideas adopted by main parties.
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Video Clip http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/theodore- roosevelt/videos/roosevelt-forms-bull-moose-party Why did Teddy Roosevelt join the Bull Moose Party? What was the effect?
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Create a Chart-- Under Notes Progressive Presidents Teddy Roosevelt William Howard Taft Woodrow Wilson Use pgs 118-121 in BROWN book Identify as many Progressive policies as you can for each
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DOL Which president do you think was the MOST Progressive? Explain WHY with at least one example.
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DO NOW Why is the Era we are studying called “Progressive”?
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Reformers and Muckrakers -pg24 LO: Students will be able to evaluate the impact of muckrakers and reform leaders in the Progressive Era. 5(B) DOL: Students will create a foldable of Progressive Era reform leaders and muckrakers that ranks the people by importance of their impact.
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Social Gospel Movement Christians called for social reforms, emphasized idea that each man is his “brother’s keeper” (Christian duty to help, problems are not God’s will) Salvation Army Wanted: end child labor, safer work conditions
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Muckrakers Writers who exposed the abuses of industrial society and government corruption Spread of newspapers and magazines made this popular
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Example: “The Jungle,” Upton Sinclair “[T]he meat would be shoveled into carts, and the man who did the shoveling would not trouble to lift out a rat even when he saw one-- there were things that went into the sausage in comparison with which a poisoned rat was a tidbit. There was no place for the men to wash their hands before they ate their dinner, and so they made a practice of washing them in the water that was ladled into the sausage.” How do you think someone reading this in 1906 would have reacted?
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Reformers and Muckrakers Foldable Your foldable should include for each person: 1. What problems were they solving? 2. What did they do? 3. What was the effect? 4. Illustration, picture, or symbol Upton SinclairJane Addams Ida B. WellsSusan B Anthony W.E.B. DuBoisIda Tarbell
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DO NOW What is a “settlement house”? How is it “Progressive”? Look in your foldable from yesterday.
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Progressive Era- Quiz Day LO: Students will be able to evaluate the impact of Progressive Era reforms, reformers, and muckrakers. 5(A,B) DOL: Given 6 MC questions, students will answer 5 correctly to evaluate the impact of Progressive Era reforms and reformers with 80% mastery.
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You have 25 minutes to finish working on your foldable.
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Members of the Progressive Movement generally supported the idea that the federal government should... A. prevent unfair business practices B. restrict immigration to the US C. reduce the number of small farms D. abolish private property ownership
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Books like The Jungle by Upton Sinclair and rise of Political Machines exposed problems that resulted from... A. naturalization of immigrants B. environmental conservation C. westward expansion D. rapid industrialization
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During the early 1900s, the term “muckrakers” was used to describe... A. people who demonstrated against war B. writers who exposed the evils in American society C. newspaper columnists who reported on celebrities D. Politicians who criticized Progressive Era Presidents
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When Susan B Anthony was arrested for her actions in the election of 1872, she was fighting for... A. the Sixteenth Amendment B. Settlement Houses C. Judicial Review D. Women’s suffrage
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The publication of The Jungle by Upton Sinclair was instrumental in getting members of Congress to... A. enact stronger anti-trust laws B. support conservation of public lands C. establish a system of meat inspection D. legalize strikes by workers’ unions
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Which goal was shared by both Populists and Progressives? A. the free coinage of silver B. expansion of opportunities for immigrants C. equality for African Americans D. greater control of Government by the people
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