1. Discuss the roles played by women in the progressive movement or movements.
2. The author of Chapter 21 states that "on the issue of racial justice," the record of the Progressives was "generally dismal." Do you agree with this statement? Why or why not? (Support your position with as many relevant examples as possible on the actions of various progressives.)
3. In Chapter 21 the author concludes that the "Progressive Era stands as a time when American politics seriously confronted the social upheavals wrought by industrialization." But progressivism also "had its illiberal and coercive dimensions." Write an essay either agreeing or disagreeing with this assessment. Support your positions with as much specific evidence as possible.
4. Explain the reasons for the break between President Taft and the Insurgent (progressive) Republicans. What were the consequences of this break?
5. One historian has written this about progressive reform: "The Roosevelt Era . . . had been a period of beginnings, of a scattering of pioneer legislation. . . . The Wilson Era, building on this foundation, was a period of sweeping achievement." Do you agree with this statement? Why or why not? Support your position with as much specific evidence as possible.