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Additional Class Topics

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Chapter 28: Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901 - 1912

  • Consider one city or state as a case study in the actual conflicts and achievements of progressivism. Cincinnati or Cleveland are good urban examples, and Wisconsin is the best state example.

  • Use excerpts from the work of some muckrakers, such as Lincoln Steffens or Ida Tarbell, to show how journalists aroused public concern and promoted involvement in progressive reform.

  • Discuss Roosevelt as both personality and progressive political leader.

  • Examine the rise of conservationism as a national concern to (a) Roosevelts concern to preserve rugged American values and (b) the increasing needs of an urban populace for escape and revival in nature.

  • Conduct a class debate over the following topics: e.g., American Women Should Have the Right to Vote; primary source readings will come from the following book: Opposing Viewpoints in American History Volume II: From Reconstruction to the Present, San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press, 1996. Another good source of debate topics is Larry Madaras and James M. SoRelle, Taking Sides Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in American History, Volume II: Reconstruction to the Present, Connecticut: McGraw-Hill, 2000.

  • Have students read selections from Herbert Crolys The Promise of American Life (1909). A systematic study of American culture at the beginning of the twentieth-century; Croly envisions a society moving away from the individualistic liberalism to a more organized and planned society.

  • Have students read Upton Sinclairs The Jungle (1906). Use the novel as a way to explore the ways in which literature can bring about real change within a society. How accurately does literature have to represent the truth how accurate was Sinclairs depiction of the meat-packing industry, what kinds of changes took place as a result of Sinclairs novel?



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