Unit 9 Review

Populists & Progressives

1880-1920

Ch. 31-32

Themes:

    • Why was the Great Plains settled last?
    • What brought a speedy end to the frontier?
    • Economic and political consequences of the closing of the frontier
    • Theories of Frederick Jackson Turner - The "myth" of the frontier in American culture and how did it influence American character?
    • Evolution of federal land policy toward Native Americans to 1924
    • Farmers versus the railroads and industry

Terms"

    • Sand Creek Massacre (1864)
    • Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)
    • Frederick Jackson Turner
    • George A. Custer
    • Little Big Horn
    • Chief Joseph
    • Helen Hunt Jackson
    • Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
    • Grandfather clause
    • Ida B. Wells
    • Booker T. Washington
    • W. E. B. DuBois
    • Ganger Laws
    • Munn v. Illinois (1876)
    • Dawes Severalty Act (1887)
    • Ghost Dance
    • Wounded Knee, SD
    • George Washington Carver
    • Tuskegee Institute
    • Jim Crow
    • Civil Rights Cases of 1883
    • Interstate Commerce Act (1886)
    • National Alliance
    • Populism
    • Ocala Platform
    • Dear Money
    • Soft Money

Essay Questions:

    1. How successful were progressive reforms during the period 1890 to 1915 with respect to TWO of the following?
      • Industrial conditions
      • Urban Life
      • Politics
    2. To what extent did the leaders of the Progressive Movement introduce and sell to the American public a new philosophy of government that profoundly changed the nation forever?
    3. The impact of Theodore Roosevelt has been overemphasized. He merely took the nation in the direction it was already headed rather than "changing forever the focus and direction of the United States in both foreign and domestic affairs" as one enthusiastic biographer put it. Assess the validity of this statement.
    4. Evaluate the effectiveness of Progressive Era reformers and the federal government in bringing about reform at the national level. In your answer, be sure to analyze the successes and limitations of these efforts in the period 1900-1920.
    5. The Civil War, the most traumatic event in American history, produced three Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. The Progressive Era produced four. What was it about this time period that demanded such drastic and permanent changes in the basic structure of American society?
    6. It has been said that the 20th century actually began when Theodore Roosevelt became President of the United States? To what extent is this a true statement.
    7. To what extent did Progressivism build on the demands made earlier by the Populists?