1. Good Morning! Today’s Agenda: --Warm-up Questions
-Princeton Ch. 10 Review
-Essay Prep Practice
--Ch. 11 Review
-Period 7: America’s Rise to Global Power
-Multiple Choice Practice Questions

2. Warm-up Question:
Window Side – front – In what years were the Interstate Commerce Act and the Sherman Anti-Trust Act? What were they intended to do? Did they achieve their purpose?
Door Side – front – What was the Populist movement? How did it get started? When did it happen? Did it achieve its goals?

3. Warm-up Question:
Window Side – back - How do tariff policies change from the 1880’s to the 1920’s? Why do they change?
Door Side – back – Why did America switch to a foreign policy of imperialism in the 1890’s? Why was the Spanish-American War important to American imperialism? What were the results?
What were the arguments in favor of imperialism?
What were the arguments against imperialism?

4. Railroads and Development of the West
Regulation of the railroad industry won’t begin until the 1880’s:
--1886: In the Wabash case, the Supreme Court rules that individual states cannot regulate interstate commerce
--1887: The Interstate Commerce Act is passed, which sets up the Interstate Commerce Commission to attempt to regulate the railroads.
--first time that the federal government takes on regulating the national economy!

5. Railroads and Development of the West
The Homestead Act (1862) – This act was passed after the southern states seceded (their congressmen would have opposed it).
--encouraged settlement out west by giving out free and low-cost land to anyone who would agree to live on that land for at least 5 years.
The Dawes Act (1887) – a well-intentioned but misguided attempt to ‘Americanize’ Indians and Indian tribes:
--gave Indians land so they could transition to farming.
--forced Indians to attend English-speaking schools.
--generally disregarded the importance of cultural tradition of the Indians.

6. The Silver Issue and the Populist Movement
Farmers wanted to increase the money supply . . .
The Grange movement developed into the Populist Party:
--expanded money supply
--graduated income tax
--direct election of senators
--shorter workdays
--government regulation of the railroads!
Led by William Jennings Bryan, the Populist Party will inspire the Progressive Movement a decade later.

7. Exam Essay Prep:
Evaluate the extent of change in United States foreign policy in the period 1783 to 1828.

8. AP US History Exam - Review
Ch. 11
The Early Twentieth Century
( )
(Period 7: America’s Rise to Global Power)

9. Why did the Progressive movement occur? Who were the Progressives?
The Progressive Era and World War I ( ) The Progressive Movement
Why did the Progressive movement occur?
Who were the Progressives?
Progressive reforms at the local, state, and national level?
What did TR, Wilson accomplish as Progressive presidents?
Who were the muckrakers?
Why did the Progressive Era end?

10. The Progressive Movement
Urban and middle-class reformers who wanted to address the problems created by American industrialization
More successful, better organized than the Populist movement, led mostly by farmers . . .
Led by:
-Muckrakers (Ida Tarbell, Upton Sinclair, etc.)
-Social reformers like Margaret Sanger, Jane Addams, etc.)
-Political reformers (Robert LaFollette, etc.)
-Presidents Roosevelt, Taft (?), and Wilson

11. The Progressive Movement
Successes:
--Initiative, referendum and recall
--Australian (secret) ballot
--Trust-Busting!
--Lower tariffs (16th amendment – income tax)
--Direct election of senators (17th amendment)
--Pure Food and Drug Act – 1906
--Growing union movement – workplace safety laws, better wages, etc.
--Women’s suffrage (19th amendment)

12. The Progressive Movement
Failure:
--lack of support for minority groups
End of the Progressive Movement – World War I

13. American expansionism, imperialism -Panama Canal -Platt Amendment-Cuba
The Progressive Era and World War I ( ) Foreign Policy and U.S. Entry into World War I
American expansionism, imperialism
-Panama Canal
-Platt Amendment-Cuba
-Roosevelt Corollary
When Europe went to war, America tried to stay neutral
WSP: Why did the U.S. eventually go to war?
How did Wilson convince the American people to support the war?

14. Expansion of government power:
The Progressive Era and World War I ( ) World War I and Its Aftermath
Expansion of government power:
-Economically-The War Industries Board, control of telephone, telegraph, railroads
-Espionage and Sedition Acts
-FBI to track radicals, especially communists (Palmer Raids)
-Committee on Public Information
The Great Migration
The Treaty of Versailles
--Wilson’s 14 Points
--Results of the Treaty negotiations

15. How did American foreign policy turn to isolationism?
The Jazz Age and the Great Depression ( ) Pro-Business Republican Administrations
How did American foreign policy turn to isolationism?
How did this change impact the American economy?
In what other ways were these presidents different from the Progressive presidents?

16. The Jazz Age and the Great Depression (1920-1933) Modern Culture
Growth of American business means lower unemployment, slightly higher wages for Americans
Some industries have cultural impact as well:
-automobile?
-advertising?
-radio and movies?
Could you write a short answer response about the following terms?
--Flapper Girls --The Lost Generation
--The Harlem Renaissance

17. Anti-immigrant issues: --Ku Klux Klan --Sacco and Vanzetti
The Jazz Age and the Great Depression ( ) Backlash Against Modern Culture
Anti-immigrant issues:
--Ku Klux Klan
--Sacco and Vanzetti
--new immigration laws
The Scopes Trial
Prohibition

18. Problems of the late 1920’s that led to the Great Depression:
Uneven distribution of income --tax policy? Industries in trouble --automobile – railroad - textile Agricultural problems --Overproduction – Dust Bowl Growing personal debt --Buying stocks on margin – easy credit Decrease in foreign trade --High tariffs --WW I debt situation with GB, France, Germany

19. Collapse occurs in Hoover’s first year in office
The Jazz Age and the Great Depression ( ) Herbert Hoover and the Beginning of the Great Depression
Collapse occurs in Hoover’s first year in office
Why are Americans angry with Hoover?
What does Hoover do to respond to the problems caused by the Great Depression? Why?

20. The New Deal and World War II (1934-1945) The First New Deal
Relief, Recovery

21. The New Deal and World War II (1934-1945) The Second New Deal
Recovery, Reform

22. Unemployment rises again . . .
The New Deal and World War II ( ) Roosevelt’s Troubled Second Term
Supreme Court . . .
Unemployment rises again . . .

23. The New Deal and World War II (1934-1945) Foreign Policy Leading up to World War II
Isolationism – Why?

24. The New Deal and World War II (1934-1945) World War II

25. The New Deal and World War II (1934-1945) The End of the War

26. Practice Short Answer Answer a, b, and c
Briefly explain ONE reason for the popularity of the Progressive movement during the first two decades of the 20th century.
Briefly explain a SECOND reason for the popularity of the Progressive movement during the same period.
Briefly explain ONE example of how the American people resisted changes brought about by the Progressive movement during the same period.