IB AP U. S. History – James A.

Lee

AP U.S. History Chapter 20: The Progressives Period 7 (1900 –

1945)
Overview:
You will understand what motivated social change at the turn on the 20th
century. You must be able to tie reforms of the Progressive Era to those of
the Populist Movement and to the antebellum reforms of the 1830’s and
1840’s.
Scale
LEVEL 4: You are able to evaluate the causes and consequences of
Progressivism including the historical debate of social, economic and political
challenges of the period and the reasons for disagreement.
LEVEL 3: You are able to analyze the causes and consequences of the
social, economic and political challenges of Progressivism citing specific
factual evidence.
LEVEL 2: You are able to describe/summarize how key people, terms, and
events are related to the causes and consequences of Progressivism of the
period.
LEVEL 1: You are able to identify and define key people, terms, and events
related to the causes and consequences of Progressivism of the period.
CHAPTER OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the chapter, you should be able to explain:

 The origins and varieties of the progressive impulse

 The social justice reform of the period, and the role of the church in
carrying out the Social Gospel
 The progressive emphasis on scientific expertise, organizational
reform, and professionalism
 The role of women and women’s organizations in promoting reform
 The significance of the women’s suffrage movement
 The desire of the progressives to limit the role of political party,
organizations, and the measures they advocated to accomplish this
goal
 The temperance movement and its relationship to other progressive
reforms
 The origins of the NAACP and the importance of W.E.B. DuBois
 The movement to restrict immigration and how restricting immigration
was regarded as reform
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 The alternate approaches to the problems of the trusts: socialism,

regulation, or trust busting
 The nature and extent of Theodore Roosevelt’s “Square Deal”
progressivism
 The similarities and differences between the domestic progressivism of
Taft and Roosevelt
 The consequences of the split in the Republican Party in 1912
 The differences between Roosevelt’s New Nationalism and Wilson’s
New Freedom
 The differences between Wilson’s campaign platform and the
measures actually implemented during his term
 The similarities and differences between Taft and Roosevelt’s
approaches to foreign policy
 The reasons for the continuation of American interventionism in Latin
America under Wilson.

ESSENTIAL TERMS –
See Guided Reading Handout
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

 How did Progressives attempt to reform social, political, and economic

institutions?
 What was the role of women in the Progressive movement?
 Explain the change from the Gospel of Wealth to the Social Gospel.
 How did Theodore Roosevelt exemplify the modern presidency?
 What was the effect of progressive reform on the role of government?
 What was the influence of a third party in the election of 1912?