American History Honors

Study Guide: Progressive Era (1900-1920) and U.S. in World Affairs (1865-1912)

 

NOTE:  We will not include in the information on Woodrow Wilson’s foreign policy/diplomacy in this unit test (end of section 18.4).  That material will be saved for the next unit on World War I.

 

Test Format (modified):          Normal objective-style questions (i.e. multiple choice, etc.)

                                                One short answer question (two options)

 

This study guide is intentionally longer than usual.  Not all items will be tested, but I hope that the longer format will help you understand and review the material better.  J

 

Progressive Era:

 

  • “Four goals of progressivism” – review material from the “Origins” section
  • Muckrakers and important examples discussed in class
  • Local government progressivism – government efficiency; city ownership of municipal services
  • Robert LaFollette, Hiram Johnson, Charles Evans Hughes
  • Court cases to limit working hours, especially Muller v. Oregon (1908)
  • Election reform: initiative, referendum, recall, secret ballot, primaries
  • Know the Progressive Amendments: 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th
  • Women’s lives at the turn of the century (typical roles, working conditions, etc)
  • Reforms and Reformers – WTCU, NAWSA, Susan B. Anthony, Margaret Sanger, Alice Paul, Carrie Chapman Catt
  • Teddy Roosevelt’s Square Deal (3 C’s; shaping of the modern presidency)
  • “Trust-busting”: Northern Securities case; reasons for aggressive anti-trust enforcement
  • Elkins and Hepburn Acts (1903, 1906)
  • Anthracite Coal Mine Strike (1902) and TR’s response
  • Consumer Protection: The Jungle, Meat Inspection Act (1906), Food and Drug Act (1906)
  • Conservation: examples, Newlands Reclamation Act, private citizens/social organizations that pressured for reform
  • Roosevelt and civil rights?
  • Forming of the NAACP
  • Panic of 1907, Aldrich-Vreeland Act, Election of 1908
  • 1911 – Standard Oil case and “rule of reason”
  • Taft splits the party: Payne-Aldrich Tariff, Ballinger-Pinchot Affair
  • Bull Moose Election of 1912 and Wilson’s New Freedom
  • Underwood Tariff, Federal Reserve System, Income Tax, Clayton Anti-Trust Act
  • Women’s suffrage and Wilson’s ignorance of civil rights

 

 

U.S. in World Affairs:

 

  • Concept of imperialism; Alfred T. Mahan; reasons for U.S. expansion in foreign policy
  • William Henry Seward – Alaska, Midway Islands
  • Hawaii – interest to eventual annexation
  • Spanish-American War:
    • Causes of interest in the Cuban conflict
    • Major information from the presentation outline!
    • Course of War: Philippines à Cuban invasion à Puerto Rico
    • Teller Amendment, Platt Amendment, Insular Cases
    • Debate on war, Treaty of Paris, occupation of new lands
    • Significance?
  • War in the Philippines (1899)
  • Open Door Notes, Boxer Rebellion (1900), Second Round of Open Door Notes
  • Teddy Roosevelt’s Big Stick Diplomacy:
    • Panama Canal
    • Roosevelt Corollary
    • Treaty of Portsmouth, NH – Nobel Peace Prize 1906
    • Root-Takahira Agreement 1908
  • Taft’s Dollar Diplomacy

 

Woodrow Wilson – next unit