American Studies
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Prohibition
The movement in favor of total prohibition of alcohol in the United States gradually emerged from the 19th-century temperance movement, which had urged moderation (and later complete abstinence) in
Monday, December 17, 2007
The Conservation Movement
Prior to 1963, the movement to protect the nation's natural resources was known as the conservation movement. The term conservation has been defined as "the prevention of waste" of our natural
Friday, December 14, 2007
Election of 1912
Woodrow Wilson: Inaugural Address
On March 4, 1913, newly inaugurated President Woodrow Wilson delivered this speech, his first of two inaugural addresses.
“There has been a change of government.
Friday, December 14, 2007
Muckrakers
The muckraker movement in the early years of the 20th century was unique. It involved the use of sensational journalistic exposés to promote the Progressive Era, encompassing the most sweeping
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We are currently studying the progressive era
Famous Americans during this time period
Jane Addams
Theodore Roosevelt
Upton Sinclair
The Progressive Era encompassed the 20 or so years surrounding the turn of the 20th century and is generally identified as the years 1890-1913. The era was notable for the attempts of its most influential thinkers and activists to improve U.S. society—that is, to progress—through reforms, both legislative and social.
