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& 165 - Decade: 1900s The Progressive Era The pictures 1. Theodore Roosevelt, one of the most energetic presidents of his era. He began his political career in New York, and was committed to many of the reforms favored by the Progressive movement. 2. A factory along a railroad line. A big question for the early 1900s was the proper role of the government in regulating industry and the railroads. 3. The dollar sign. Here it is used as a symbol of the capitalist spirit that was bringing incredible growth to America in the early 1900s. Socialists, however, claimed the chase after profits created social injustice and poverty. 4. A Model T style automobile. Henry Ford created moving assembly lines and other innovations that made his famous car affordable for the masses. 5. The common acronym of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. A group of blacks and whites created the NAACP in 1909. The vocabulary terms A glossary for the vocabulary terms can be found with the link near the top of this section's main index page. See the Getting Started pages at the front of the workbook for suggestions for students about highlighting, and making vocabulary index cards. |
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Copyright 2018 by David Burns. All rights reserved. Illustrations and reading selections appearing in this work are taken from sources in the public domain and from private collections used by permission. Sources include: the Dover Pictorial Archive, the Library of Congress, The National Archives, The Hart Publishing Co., Corel Corporation and its licensors, Nova Development Corporation and its licensors, and others. Maps were created or adapted by the author using reference maps from the United States Geological Survey and Cartesia Software. Please see the home page for this title for more information. |