Week 28: March 13-17, 2k23

 Going over Native America

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Friday, March 17 -- Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland & McKinley Due!

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The Progressive Era 1890ish-1920ish

1. Who was Ida Tarbell and what is a muckraker?
2. What did the progressives focus on from 1900-1920
3. What did Carnegie and Rockefeller argue to the public about their corporations?
4. What was Rockefeller’s argument in the italicized quote on page four.
5. What group of people were the first to push for reforms and why?
6. What did the new Populist Party argue they wanted?
7. How did Rockefeller and Carnegie rehabilitate their images during the Progressive Era?
8. Who were the Progressive Presidents?
9. What did Jacob Riis do in 1890? How do you think this led to changes in the cities?
10. What book did Upton Sinclair publish and what industry did he expose in this book? What were some results of Sinclair’s book?
11. In the early 1900s, how many children worked in mines or factories?
12. By 1900, what percent of all labor in the United States were children under 16 years old? What was the name of the law that modified child labor?
13. How did the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire shock the nation and what were some new reforms that came out of this horrible incident?
14. What is conservation and what law did TR sign into law in 1906? What did the law do?
15. What is the NAACP and what were their goals?
16. Who was Ida Wells and what issues did she address during the Progressive Era in her work?
17. What amendments were added to the Constitution during the Progressive Era?
18. How do we live in the Progressive Era???