US History Reading Guide Chapter 6: The Progressive Movement 1890-1920

Essential Questions: Can politics fix social problems?

Reading and Note Taking Homework:

Chapter 6 Lesson 1 – Monday, November 16th

Chapter 6 Lesson 2 – Thursday, November 19th

Chapter 6 Lesson 3 – Friday, November 20th Chapter 6 Celebration of Learning – Tuesday, November 24th

Terms and People: You are expected to be able to identify all of the following terms and people by the end of this unit. Not all of these terms are in bold, so you will need to pay careful attention to the reading and classroom lessons.

6.1 – The Roots of Progressivism

Progressives Muckrakers Ida Tarbell Lincoln Steffens Jacob Riis Solutions to Corruption “Laboratory of

Democracy” Direct Primary Initiative Referendum Recall Suffrage Susan B. Anthony Child Labor Reform Health and Safety Codes Temperance Movement /

Prohibition

6.2 – Roosevelt and Taft

Theodore Roosevelt William Howard Taft The Square Deal Sherman Antitrust Act Roosevelt Takes on the

Trusts Northern Securities v.

United States Coal Strike of 1902 Arbitration

Gentlemen’s Agreement Upton Sinclair The Jungle Pure Food and Drug Act Environmental

Conservation Gifford Pinchot National Park Service Payne-Aldrich Tariff Trustbuster Taft’s Achievements

6.3 – The Wilson Years

Bull-Moose Party Election of 1912 Woodrow Wilson New Freedom vs. New

Nationalism Underwood Tariff Income Tax Federal Reserve Act Federal Trade Commission Unfair trade practices Clayton Antitrust Act New Role of Government Limits of Progressivism