Summary & Steps
After you have completed any required reading, lecture notes review, and quiz for Chapter 21, compose detailed and supported written responses to the questions using the primary source document selected and any other research you may need to conduct. Then submit your completed Word document within our online course site using Blackboard’s Assignment link for this chapter. Please do not e-mail me your papers.
Questions for Response
1. There were several categories of change during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Make a written case for which area the Progressives had the most substantial impact. Include support that identifies and explains specific achievements:
Women’s Rights
Consumer Protection
Social Services
Government Representation
Workplace
Health
Education
Environment
2. Select one of the seven primary source documents provided in the American Yawp Reader’s Progressive Era section at http://www.americanyawp.com/reader/20-the-progressive-era/#Documents for deeper study. Describe/summarize the primary you selected. Also answer how it is representative of the Progressive era and the goals of the Progressive Movement.
3. What is a social, political, economic, or environmental issue that matters to you today (in the present)? Why does this current issue move you? Who are some people and what are some groups that influence this cause as advocates (supporters) and critics (non-supporters)? What are some concrete steps you could take to influence this issue? What changes do you predict for this issue in the next decade? Explain.
Category: Humanities : American Studies
Summary & Steps
After you have completed any required reading, lecture notes review, and quiz for Chapter 21, compose detailed and supported written responses to the questions using the primary source document selected and any other research you may need to conduct. Then submit your completed Word document within our online course site using Blackboard’s Assignment link for this chapter. Please do not e-mail me your papers.
Questions for Response
1. There were several categories of change during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Make a written case for which area the Progressives had the most substantial impact. Include support that identifies and explains specific achievements:
Women’s Rights
Consumer Protection
Social Services
Government Representation
Workplace
Health
Education
Environment
2. Select one of the seven primary source documents provided in the American Yawp Reader’s Progressive Era section at http://www.americanyawp.com/reader/20-the-progressive-era/#Documents for deeper study. Describe/summarize the primary you selected. Also answer how it is representative of the Progressive era and the goals of the Progressive Movement.
3. What is a social, political, economic, or environmental issue that matters to you today (in the present)? Why does this current issue move you? Who are some people and what are some groups that influence this cause as advocates (supporters) and critics (non-supporters)? What are some concrete steps you could take to influence this issue? What changes do you predict for this issue in the next decade? Explain.