Unit 9 - Populists and the Progressives 1880-1920

Objectives:

1. Explain how the progressive movement managed to increase the power of government to regulate business and to protect society from the injustices fostered by big business.

2. To what extent did the leaders of the Progress Movement introduce and sell to the American public a new philosophy of government that profoundly changed the nation forever?

3. Explain how the election of 1912 changed politics in America for the rest of the 20th century.

Unit Themes:

1. Populism and Progressivism
   • Agrarian discontent and political issues of the late nineteenth century
   • Origins of Progressive reform: municipal, state, and national
   • Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson as Progressive presidents
   • Women's roles: family, workplace, education, politics, and reform
   • Black America: urban migration and civil rights initiatives

Link:

Progressive Reforms Video