Instruction
Read Chapter 18 from "Give Me Liberty by Eric Foner Volume 2 5th Edition
Choose and answer 3 of the following questions in one essay. This essay must be at least 600 words and use at least 3 citations. Credible internet sources are acceptable. You must cite all sources in a short bibliography at the end of your essay.
Answer 3 of the following questions :
Question#1 - Analyze the various roles women played during the era, from social reformer, to feminist, to suffragette. How did various women define freedom? Be sure to distinguish among different types of women. Include examples.
Question #2 - Compare the Populist and Progressive movements. Critically analyze why the Progressive movement seemed to have more success. What were the limitations of the Populist movement?
Question #3 - Freedom of expression was given new meaning by labor in the Progressive age. Thinking back to previous chapters, compare the various movements to expand the meaning of freedom of expression - from the Alien and Sedition Acts to the abolitionists in the Antebellum Era - with the labor movement in the Progressive Age.
Question #4 - Compare the presidencies of Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson. What made them "Progressive" presidents? Identify what you believe to be the most important pieces of legislation passed during each administration. Why are these so significant? Finally, be sure to indicate what each president did to expand the meaning of freedom for Americans.
Question #5 - Explain why Americans increasingly came to feel that they were being denied economic independence and democratic self-government during the late nineteenth century