Week 6 Outline

Week 6

The New American State

Monday: National Progressivism
Wednesday: Democracy and the Administrative State
Friday: Social Reform

DISCUSSION SECTIONS: The Progressive Era?

READINGS:

1.Link and McCormick, Progressivism
2.Jane Addams, The Subjective Necessity of Social Settlements
3.Documents: Plessy vs. Ferguson, 1896; and Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906

ADDITIONAL INTERNET RESOURCES:
1. Doorway to Resources on Theodore Roosevelt
http://www.abcland.com/~jwiedman/tr/index.html

WEEKLY ASSIGNMENT:

After reading Link and McCormick's book on Progressivism, write a one-page outline to address the following questions. What were the main features of Progressive reform? Who were the progressives? What was their main impact? What were the positive and negative sides of Progressivism?

Your outline should be roughly one page in length and should list the main points you feel address these questions. This weekly assignment should be typed and is due in your weekly discussion section.

created: February 10, 2000
last updated: February 7, 2001