This unit, we not only reviewed the major themes of the American Progressive movement, but also looked at the American experience during the Great War, particularly through the eyes of President Woodrow Wilson.
Students should expect that the free response essays for the unit test to focus on major themes involving the Progressive Era was well as the Wilson Administration (I hope that narrows your options down!).
Let's spend half of our time this evening talking about the Progressive Era, and the other on Wilson's actions during the Great War.
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So what was the greatest instigator of the Progressive era?
Can we go over the Bull Moose Party, at least a little bit? I'm rather confused as to whom that's referring to...I couldn't find it in Kelley.
Rachel, this is a very broad question, and quite debatable. Historians would be hard pressed to focus on any one "instigator" of the Progressive movement. Instead, the era seems to have been brewed out of many different ingredients, all stemming for very specific discontents about the direction of American society. The questions that were raised during this era include: How representative is this republic? Is the American system of government capable of preserving the American promise of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness? Does an increasingly industrial society have room for competition, safety, and value for the individual?
Hello, its great to be here tonight.
The Progressive Era originated in the Yankee-North part of the country. I understand that under La Follette, Wisconsin got a nice taste of it. I was wondering if the whole country was equally affected by this era or if it was mainly a northern phenomena?
bull moose party refers to when teddy was shot and continued on with his speech, it was the name taken by the progressive party when he was on their ticket against wilson
So basically the Progressive Era came from a sort of general feeling of things not being right socially/politically? Economically too, I suppose, especially in that the economy was restricting social growth and movement.
So discontent seems to be the instigator of the era.
The Bull Moose Party was created by Theodore Roosevelt, right?
NO, IT WAS CREATED BY TEDDY HE RAN ON THEIR TICKET DURING THE REPUBLICAN SPLIT THAT ALLOWED WILSON TO BECOME PRESIDENT, THEY JUST USED THAT NAME BECAUSE HE WAS THEIR REPRESENTATIVE AND HE WAS THE BULL MOOSE
The progressive era was an era for the lower and middle class. Their goal was to, more or less, change the direction of America. What was the upper class doing at this time and what was their perspective on the Progressive era?
sorry, I mistyped, it WASN'T created by teddy
Do you think Wilson would have won the election in Teddy hadn't run?
By the way, Sean, what's up with the caps?
is the "third term question" about the morality of the fact that teddy probably could have been president for a third term but stepped down to keep in line with tradition?
Dear Rachel,
I don't believe so. I think that all of Roosevelt's votes would have gone to Taft if Roosevelt hadn't run. This would have given Taft the majority
Wow, we are really heading in a dozen different directions tonight!
In hopes of redirecting some of your energies, let me share a couple of thoughts with you, thereby putting some of your inquiries to rest, and hopefully inspire you to actually take a peek at your list of review terms to focus your thoughts.
The Bull Moose Party is a nickname for the Progressive Party, which chooses Roosevelt as its presidential nominee in 1912. Roosevelt takes a handsome amount of Republican party support with him on his quest for a White House return. While Woodrow Wilson may have seemed initially as an unlikely presidential victor, the backing of his party gives him an electoral college victory, one that may have been far less likely if Roosevelt had lent his support to President Taft. A combined Roosevelt-Taft may have been enough to beat the new "Progressive President" Wilson.
In many ways, the Progressive Era was a middle class reform effort. Many professionals from the growing American middle class were the driving force behind the social movements, which were not necessarily restricted to the northern states--remember, Washington delivers his famous speech on race relations in Atlanta, home of the Tuskegee Institute.
thank you mister.
Can we talk about the similarities and differences of the "Reservationists" and "Irreconciables" ? Thank you.
Yeah, I think the "third term question" refers to Roosevelt trying to have a third term. Remember the cartoon with the devil holding a crown with something like "third term" on it.
hello... its been a while... anyway i just wanted to ask about 3 of the review terms... could you maybe just give me a brief description of "liberal internationalism", "reservationists", and "irreconciables"?
Hi there. Well, what you should remember about the opponents of the Treaty of Versailles is that some were willing to back the treaty, with some reservations, while others cast the treaty completely out of hand. The reservationist faction, led by Senator Lodge, requested that Wilson scale back the notion that the US would have to comply to requests to deploy American troops by the League of Nations. Wilson wouldn't, so the Reservationists joined with the Irreconciables, and killed the signing of the treaty in the Senate.
Remember, Wilsonian foreign policy is founded on the idea that a global community could be established through free trade, self-determination, mutual affection, and open to the notion of a world governing body.
Good luck tomorrow.
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