FYI – Note cards and big questions
Ch. 28 – The Progressive Era (pgs. 656-678)
Muckrakers
Elkins Act of 1903/ Hepburn Act of 1906 Gifford Pinchot
Initiative / referendum / recall 17th Amendment Robert LaFollette William H. Taft
Florence Kelley Muller v. Oregon (1908) Square Deal Northern Securities case
Big Questions
– How did women impact the progressive movement?
– How did TR exemplify the Square Deal while dealing with the coal strike of 1902 (665-6)?
– How did TR differentiate between good and bad trusts?
– Why did TR’s opponents call the Panic of 1907 the “Roosevelt Panic”? How did it actually benefit the nation in the long run?
– What were some of TR’s more important contributions (674-675)?
– How did some of Taft’s initiatives tend to backfire on him (Payne-Aldrich Bill, trust busting, conservation)?
Ch. 29 – Wilson’s Progressive Era (pgs. 679-685)
Woodrow Wilson New Freedom New Nationalism
Underwood Tariff Act Federal Reserve Act of 1913 Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914
Clayton Anti-Trust Act of 1914
Big Questions
– How do New Freedom and New Nationalism differ and how are they similar?
– What was Wilson’s personality like and how did he differ from TR?
– How else did Wilson attack the “triple wall of privilege” and defend the working class (p. 685)?
Due on the day we take the Free Response Essay Test – Friday? / Monday?