Progressive Unit - WWI

The Progressive Movement (1901 - 1017)

The material on this page is meant to give you an general idea of material that might be on the test, it is not all inclusive.  You should study your notes, the textbook and homework for the full extent of what the test will cover.

Know the following:

Muckrakers:

    Ida Wells - Anti-Lynching

    Thomas Nast - Exposed political corruption of Boss Tweed

    Lincoln Steffans - Exposed political corruption.

    Frank Norris - Exposed railroad corruption through his novel The Octopus

    Ida Tarbell - Exposed corruption of Standard Oil

    Upton Sinclair - Exposed the meat packing industry in his novel The Jungle

    Jacob Riis - Wrote How the Other Half Lives showing the living conditions of the poor

Progressive Amendments:

    16th - Income Tax

    17th - Direct Election of Senators

    18th - Prohibition

    19th - Women's Suffrage

Important Legislation

    Pure Food and Drug Act

    Federal Reserve Act

    Sherman Anti-Trust Act

    Clayton Anti-Trust Act

Political Reforms     

Local

        City Commissioner Plan

        City Manger Plan

    State

        Secret Ballot

        Imitative

        Referendum

        Recall

        Direct Primary

Don't forget the debt owed to the Populist Party for many of these ideas.

Remember, that the importance of 3rd parties is not that they often win, but their ideas are often absorbed by the two major parties.

American Imperialism

Commodore Perry - Forced Japan to trade and pushed them toward rapid industiralization

Purchase of Alaska

Open Door Policy in China

Annexation of Hawaii

Spanish American War

    Herast and Pulitzer - Yellow Journalism (You supply the pictures I'll Supply the War)

    Cuba& Spain

    Sinking of the Maine

    Spanish American War (Jingoism, Rough Riders, Acquisition of Philippines & Puerto Rico)

    Latin American Policy (Roosevelt Corollary, Panama Canal, Dollar Diplomacy, Good Neighbor Policy)

WWI

    M.A.I.N. Causes of War

    The Lusitania & Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

    Zimmerman Telegram

    New methods of Warfare (Machine guns, tanks etc)

    Major Battles    

    Battle of the Marne

    Battle of Verdun

    Battle of Juttland

    Battle of Tannenburg

    Russian Revolution

    Espionage & Sedition Acts

    Schenck Vs United States

    Selective Service Act

    Life on the Home front

    Treaty of Versailles

    14 Points

    League of Nations

    Article 231

    The Big Four

Overall American Foreign Policy

    Neutrality

    Imperialism

    Isolationism

    Internationalism

    Cold War

    New World Order