Evaluate the effectiveness of people and legislation in establishing change for one of the following progressive reforms. Make sure to include a summary of the problem, the people involved, events, and legislation (if applicable) associated with your progressive reform. Make sure to support your opinion of effectiveness with examples and cite all of your sources.
- Prohibition
- Women’s Suffrage
- Political Corruption
- Trust-Busting
- Occupational and Building Safety
- Conservation
Use something I have here if you can please
Readings and Resources
eBooks:
Hamby, A.L., Neely, M.S., & Clack, G. (2009). Outline of U.S. History. New York: Nova Scotia Science Publishers.
- Chapter 9: Discontent and Reform, pp. 131-133 and 135-139
- Read the following sections: Agragarian Distress & the Rise of Populism, The Reform Impulse, Roosevelt’s Reforms, Taft & Wilson
Nugent, W.K. (2010). Progressivism: A very short introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Chapter 1: The Predicament: The discontents of the Gilded Age, pp. 6-15
- Chapter 2: The crisis of the nineties, 1889-1901, pp.16-34
- Chapter 3: Progressivism takes shape, 1901-1908, pp. 35-73
- Chapter 4: The high tide of Progressivism, 1908-1917, p. 74-107
Klarman, M.J. (2004). From Jim Crow to Civil Rights: The Supreme Court and the struggle for racial equality. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Chapter 2: The Progressive era, pp. 61-97
Articles, Websites, and Videos:
This video describes the role of unions in ending child labor.
- History.com Editors. (n.d.). The fight to end child labor. History Channel.
The Video below will give you some insight into the Progressive Era:
Watch VideoThe Progressive Era: Crash Course US History #27
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