Unit 8: Populism & Progressivism

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Lessons

• The Labor Movement

• The Rise & Fall of Populism

• The Progressive Movement

• Progressive Presidents

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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