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Chapter 10: 1898-1919

4 Lessons

Overview

Chapter 10 of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness, BRI’s U.S. History Curriculum Resource, invites students to explore how the Progressive vision shaped American politics, society, and foreign policy from 1898 to 1917.

It contains an Introductory Essay, 4 lessons including two DBQs, 14 essays, 10 primary sources, a point-counterpoint on the Progressive Era, and an Inquiry Organizer to guide students through the exploration of the material.

Explore our suggested sequence for Chapter 10.

Lessons

Women’s Suffrage and the Nineteenth Amendment

Use this Lesson with Alice Paul and the Struggle for Women's Suffrage Narrative, the Elihu Root vs. William Jennings Bryan on Women's Suffrage, 1894-1914 Primary Source, and the Carrie Chapman Catt, Open Address to the U.S. Congress, 1917 Primary Source to further explore the journey of the women's suffrage movement.

Schenck v. United States DBQ

Use this Lesson withThe Espionage Act of 1917 Primary Source to explore how domestic groups who spoke out against U.S. involvement in World War I were treated. Facilitation Notes: Students should know how to approach primary sources, as well as some factual background regarding the events and time period of World War 1.

The Progressive Movement DBQ

Use this Lesson with the Wilsonian Progressivism Narrative and the Did the Progressive Movement Diverge from Founding Principles and Did It Affect the Purpose of Government? Point-Counterpoint to understand the Progressive Era.

Unit 6 Essay Activity

Use this lesson as the conclusion of the unit.

Activities

Did the Progressive Movement Diverge from Founding Principles and Did It Affect the Purpose of Government?

Two scholars debate this question.

Redfield Proctor vs. Mark Twain on American Imperialism, 1898–1906

Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.

Cartoon Analysis: A Lesson for Anti-Expansionists, Victor Gillam, 1899

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

Upton Sinclair, The Jungle, 1906

Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.

Lewis Hine, Photographs Documenting Child Labor, 1908

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

Elihu Root vs. William Jennings Bryan on Women’s Suffrage, 1894–1914

Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.

Carrie Chapman Catt, Open Address to the U.S. Congress, 1917

Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.

Business and Advertising in the Early Twentieth Century, 1910–1917

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

The Espionage Act of 1917

Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.

George M. Cohan, Over There, 1917

Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.

Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points, 1918

Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.

Essays

Chapter 10 Introductory Essay: 1898-1919

How did immigration/global affairs affect the U.S. from 1898-1919?

Ida M. Tarbell’s Crusade against Standard Oil

Was John Rockefeller a captain of industry or robber baron?

Alice Paul and the Struggle for Women’s Suffrage

How did Alice Paul fight for equality of the sexes?

Remember the Maine! Theodore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders

By the end of this section, you will explain the effects of the Spanish-American War.

Westward Expansion and the Quest to Conserve

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

By the end of this section, you will compare the goals and effects of the Progressive reform movement.

The Panama Canal

By the end of this section, you will explain the similarities and differences in attitudes about the nation's proper role in the world.

Speaker Joseph Cannon Dethroned

By the end of this section, you will compare the goals and effects of the Progressive reform movement.

Wilsonian Progressivism

By the end of this section, you will compare the goals and effects of the Progressive reform movement.

The Philippine-American War

By the end of this section, you will explain the effects of the Spanish-American War.

America Enters World War I

Why did the U.S. become involved in World War I?

Over There: The U.S. Soldier in World War I

By the end of this section, you will explain the causes and consequences of U.S. involvement in World War I.

The Great Migration

By the end of this section, you will explain the causes and effects of international and internal migration patterns over time.

The Election of 1912

By the end of this section, you will compare the goals and effects of the Progressive reform movement.

The Treaty of Versailles

By the end of this section, you will explain the causes and consequences of U.S. involvement in World War I.

Educator Resources

Educator Resource

Chapter 10: 1898-1919 Inquiry Organizer

How did the Progressive vision shape American politics, society, and foreign policy from 1898 to 1917?

Educator Resource

Chapter 10 Answer Key

Answer Key for Chapter 10 of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness