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Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness – Chapter 10

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Chapter 10 Introductory Essay: 1898-1919
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How did immigration/global affairs affect the U.S. from 1898-1919?
Ida M. Tarbell’s Crusade against Standard Oil
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Was John Rockefeller a captain of industry or robber baron?
Alice Paul and the Struggle for Women’s Suffrage
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How did Alice Paul fight for equality of the sexes?
Westward Expansion and the Quest to Conserve
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By the end of this section, you will compare attitudes toward the use of natural resources from 1890 to 1945.
An African American man drinks from a water fountain labeled Colored.
Jim Crow and Progressivism
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By the end of this section, you will compare the goals and effects of the Progressive reform movement.
Lewis Hine, Photographs Documenting Child Labor, 1908
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40 Min

Use this primary source imagery to analyze major events in history.
Upton Sinclair, The Jungle, 1906
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40 Min

Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Elihu Root vs. William Jennings Bryan on Women’s Suffrage, 1894–1914
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40 Min

Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Carrie Chapman Catt, Open Address to the U.S. Congress, 1917
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40 Min

Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Primary Sources and Essay Women’s Suffrage
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Two primary sources images and a background essay that introduce the Suffrage Movement.
Women’s Suffrage Image Timeline
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Nineteen primary sources images that can be used to introduce the women's suffrage movement.
Primary Sources The Progressive Movement DBQ
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To what extent did the progressives diverge from the Founding in terms of the purposes, scale, and scope of government? Use these the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and speeches from Woodrow Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt, Charles Beard, and Calvin Coolidge to help students answer this question.
Remember the Maine! Theodore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders
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By the end of this section, you will explain the effects of the Spanish-American War.
The Panama Canal
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By the end of this section, you will explain the similarities and differences in attitudes about the nation's proper role in the world.
Cartoon Analysis: A Lesson for Anti-Expansionists, Victor Gillam, 1899
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40 Min

Use this primary source imagery to analyze major events in history.
America Enters World War I
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Why did the U.S. become involved in World War I?
Over There: The U.S. Soldier in World War I
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By the end of this section, you will explain the causes and consequences of U.S. involvement in World War I.
The Treaty of Versailles
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By the end of this section, you will explain the causes and consequences of U.S. involvement in World War I.
Redfield Proctor vs. Mark Twain on American Imperialism, 1898–1906
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40 Min

Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
The Espionage Act of 1917
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40 Min

Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points, 1918
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40 Min

Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Primary Sources Schenck v. United States
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Images and excerpted texts that provide background for the Schenck v. United States Supreme Court Case.
Primary Source Schenck v. United States
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Excerpted text from the unanimous opinion of Schenck v. United States, application and reflection questions, and a thesis writing activity.
Speaker Joseph Cannon Dethroned
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By the end of this section, you will compare the goals and effects of the Progressive reform movement.
Wilsonian Progressivism
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By the end of this section, you will compare the goals and effects of the Progressive reform movement.
The Election of 1912
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By the end of this section, you will compare the goals and effects of the Progressive reform movement.
Did the Progressive Movement Diverge from Founding Principles and Did It Affect the Purpose of Government?
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40 Min

In pressing for drastic changes in American society, did the Progressive movement stay true to Founding principles? Mark Thomas and Joseph Postell debate this question.
The Great Migration
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By the end of this section, you will explain the causes and effects of international and internal migration patterns over time.
Business and Advertising in the Early Twentieth Century, 1910–1917
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40 Min

Use this primary source imagery to analyze major events in history.