The Unfinished Nation: A Concise History of the American People (Brinkley), 7th Edition

Chapter 20: The Progressives

Study Questions

1
How did the muckrakers help prepare the way for Progressivism?
2
How did the settlement house movement illustrate the Progressive belief that the environment shaped individual development? What long-run effect did the movement have on reform?
3
What arguments and actions paved the way for suffrage's eventual triumph in the form of the Nineteenth Amendment?
4
Explain how the commission plan, the city-manager plan, nonpartisanship, at-large elections, and stronger mayors worked together to try to destroy the power of the urban party bosses. What assumptions did all these approaches to reform share?
5
What were the basic purposes of the initiative, the referendum, the recall, and the direct primary? How widely were they adopted?
6
Compare and contrast the ideas of Booker T. Washington with those of W. E. B. Du Bois. What was the organizational result of the efforts of Du Bois and his allies?
7
Today, antiliquor laws are often thought of as conservative. Why did many Progressives consider prohibition a vital reform? What forces combined to produce victory for prohibition in the Eighteenth Amendment?
8
How did Theodore Roosevelt become president? What was his main priority in his first years in office?
9
Why did Taft get the Republican nomination in 1912 despite Roosevelt's obvious popularity?
10
What propelled Wilson to victory in 1912? What roles did Taft and Eugene Debs play in the campaign?
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