HIST 208 Study Guide, Part II

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11. Progressivism, I

Immigration
- “Old” Immigration
- “New” Immigration
- Nativism
- Who is an American?
Urbanization
- Statistics
- Struggles
Progressivism
- What? When? Whence? Whither?
- Women and the Progressive Mvt.
  - Background: Lochner v. NY (1905)
  - Muller v. Oregon (1908)

12. Progressivism, II

State and Local Progressivism
- Referendum, Initiative, Recall
- City Management
Urbanization/Immigration (cont’d)
- Social Darwinism
- Social Gospel Movement
- Jacob Riis
- Jane Addams
Victorian Values
- Civic Virtue
- Gender Spheres

13. Progressivism, III

National Progressivism
- TR the Trust Buster
- FDA
African Americans amid Progressivism
- Jim Crow
- Plessy v. Furguson (1896)
- Booker T. Washington
- W.E.B. DuBois
- White Perspectives of Blacks

14. Progressivism, IV

19C Diplomacy
- Monroe Doctrine (1823)
- Manifest Destiny (mid 1800s)
- Spanish-American War (1898)
20C Diplomacy
- Open Door Policy (1899)
- Boxer Rebellion (1900)
- TR’s Corollary and Panama
- Taft’s Dollar Diplomacy
Wilson’s Progressivism

15. The Great War

WWI Over There
- Causes of World War in Europe
- Prompts for U.S. Involvement
- U.S. Military Mobilization
WWI Over Here
- Paying the Bill
- CPI and 100% Americanism
- Decline of Progressivism
The Diplomacy of Peace
- Wilson’s 14 Points
- League of Nations
- Treaty of Versailles

16. Social Decadence

Progressive Era Amendments
- Define “Progressivism”
- 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th Amendments
Social Decadence
- Bootleggers, gangsters, speakeasies, flappers
- Margaret Sanger:
  - “No Gods. No Masters.”
  - Birth Control, Abortion, Eugenics, and Divorce
Modernism and Fundamentalism
- Their Origins and Purposes Compared
- Tennessee v. Scopes (1925)

17. Prosperity and Depression

Return of Laissez Faire
- 3 Kinds of Liberalism
- Coolidge's Capitalism vs. Hoover's Individualism
The Great Depression
- The Great 20s Myth?
- Prosperous Prelude
- Economic Crash
- Widespread Poverty and Despair
- Hoover's Struggle

18. Review of Part II

Immigration
- Gerschwin's "Rhapsody in Blue"
- National Origin's Act (1924)
Review for Exam II

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