1. To Begin… On paper you will turn in, answer the following:
Brainstorm a list of political, economic, and social problems from the Gilded Age – strive for at least 5 examples.

2. The Progressive Period
How successful were the Progressives at solving the problems of the Gilded Age?

3. Progressive Period (1890s-1920s)
Believed that increased government involvement (both national and local) was necessary to fix the problems of the Gilded Age
Wanted to elevate public interest over private greed
Beginnings of United States’ movement toward a social welfare states

4. Progressive Period Who were they: Goals Urban middle-class
Muckrakers – journalists who desired to educate Americans through the exposing of corruption and injustice
Politicians
Women
Goals
Return control of the government to the people
Restore economic opportunities
Correct injustices in American life

5. Who’s the Best Progressive?
You will divide into pairs and select a Progressive Reformer.
Please read the prompt carefully before researching and completing the 3 required items (persuasive speech, background visual, resource list)
Robert La Follette
Alice Paul
Carrie Chapman Catt
Woodrow Wilson
Lincoln Steffens
Margaret Sanger
John Dewey
Gifford Pinchot
Francis Willard
Jane Addams
Upton Sinclair
John Muir
Florence Kelley
Theodore Roosevelt
William H. Taft
Ida Tarbell
Mother Jones
Eugene Debs
Samuel Gompers

6. The Prompt…….
List 2 important achievements of the reformer you researched today and explain how those achievements addressed a problem of the Gilded Age.