Discuss Progressivism and Identify the main groups and ideas that drove the Progressive movements.
- Discuss immigration to the U.S. during the Progressive era. How did immigrants adjust to life in America? What institutions or activities became important to their adjustment, and why?
- What is Women’s Suffrage? Discuss Theodore Roosevelt, the creation of the Pure Food & Drug Act, and the Conservation Movement.
- Discuss the Monroe Doctrine & Roosevelt Corollary. How did these doctrines affect U.S. relations with European nations and those in the Western Hemisphere? Discuss the Panama Canal and its impact on U.S. foreign policy.
- How did the U.S. get involved in WWI? Discuss the effects of the of WWI on race relations in the U.S. Discuss the mobilization of resources and public opinion for the war efforts.
- How did WWI and its aftermath provide African Americans with opportunities? Discuss W.E.B. DuBois and the rise of the NAACP. Discuss Marcus Garvey and the rise of Garveyism.