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Unit 8: Populism & Progressivism

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Lessons

  • The Labor Movement
  • The Rise & Fall of Populism
  • The Progressive Movement
  • Progressive Presidents

Unit 8 Study Guide

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American Pageant

  • Chapter 28 - Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901-1912 (Course Notes)
  • Chapter 29 - Wilsonian Progressivism at Home and Abroad, 1912-1916 (Course Notes)
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Essential Questions

  • How successful were labor unions in improving the lives of workers in the late 1800s and early 1900s?
  • How did employers, states and the federal government respond to the labor movement?
  • What factors contributed to the rise of the farmers’ movement?
  • To what extent did the Populist movement achieve its goals?
  • How did the excesses of the Gilded Age contribute to the development of the Progressive Movement?
  • How did women influence the direction of the Progressive movement?
  • How did the Progressive movement achieve political, economic, social and environmental reform?
  • How did the Progressive movement affect national electoral politics?
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Unit 8 Project

Free Response Question (FRQ)

Explain the origins of the following third parties and evaluate their impact on United States politics and national policies.
  • The People’s Party (Populists), 1892
  • The Progressive Party (Bull Moose Party), 1912
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