Exploring American Histories: Printed Page 613
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REVIEW & RELATE
What late-nineteenth-century trends and developments influenced the progressives?
Why did the progressives focus on urban and industrial America?
What role did women play in the early-twentieth-century fight for social justice?
How did social reformers challenge discrimination against women and minorities?
What practices and behaviors of the poor did social control progressives find most alarming? Why?
What role did anti-immigrant sentiment play in motivating and shaping progressives’ social control initiatives?
Who gained and who lost political influence as a result of progressive reforms?
How did a commitment to greater efficiency shape progressives’ political and environmental initiatives?
How did the progressive agenda shape presidential politics in the first two decades of the twentieth century?
How and why did the role of the president in national politics change under Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson?