What were the major problems facing the US by the start of the 20th century?

Lecture 3 Terms to be familiar with:
*What is an empire? *Reasons why the US began to look outside its borders in the 1890s *Alfred Thayer Mahan importance
*Keeping up with the Jones (European imperialism) *Social Darwinism and White Man’s Burden *What happened in Hawaii 1893?
*Why did we get involved in Cuba in 1898? *Remember the Maine and to hell with Spain! *Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders
*How did the US treat the Philippines? *What was the Roosevelt Corollary? *How did we get the Panama Canal?
*What was the Anti Imperialism League? *What is nativism?
Lecture 4 Terms to be familiar with:
*What were the major problems facing the US by the start of the 20th century?
*What exactly was the Progressive Movement? *What was the significance of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire?
*Who were the Muckrakers and what did they try to do?
*What was the Social Gospel? What was Carrie Nation and other women’s major goal?
*What was the Settlement House Movement? *What were Suffragists about?
*In what ways was Teddy Roosevelt the first Progressive President?
*What were the amendments passed under William H. Taft and Woodrow Wilson between 1913 and 1920?
*What were the terrible parts of Jim Crow that black people had to face every day?
*What was the difference in philosophy between Booker T. Washington and Ida B. Wells/WEB DuBois?
*How was President Wilson NOT a progressive? How did the Dunning School shape people’s view of the Civil War and Reconstruction?
Assignment (400 to 500 word Summary, Use a Word counter. Double Spaced, size 12 font)
In this essay, you are looking at the period from roughly 1890 to 1920 and two major events in US history, the movement of the US to becoming a world empire and the Progressive Movement. In this summary discuss why the US began to look outside its borders and how the Spanish American War opened the door for the US creating an empire. What were the upsides and downsides of this move? Also discuss what the Progressives were trying to do. Talk about two specific parts of the movement. What were the positives and negatives of the Progressive Movement?

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