Instruction
Consider how Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson changed US relations with the world and domestically reformed gender, race and labor relations. Consider how the progressive movement influenced their leadership styles. Consider how the progressive movement granted political and economic power to women and other groups (e.g., blacks, Jews, Italians, Indians, etc…)
What were the advantages and disadvantages of government intervention in the economy during 1900-1929? What were the advantages and disadvantages of US presence in the Caribbean? What were the advantages and disadvantages of the United States entering the Great War? What were the failures and/or successes of Wilsonianism in terms of relations between diverse ethnic groups domestically and internationally? How did foreign ideas (Bolshevism, anarchism, etc.) shape the United States during 1900-1929?
References:
Michael Schaller, et al. American Horizons: US History in Global Context, Volume 2 Since 1865 (NY, Oxford, 2013). ISBN 978-0-19-973991-2
Gary Gerstle, American Crucible: Race and Nation in the Twentieth Century, (Princeton University Press, 2001). ISBN: 0-691-10277-5
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