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WHAT'S WRONG WITH AMERICA? A MEETING OF THE MINDS!

The Time: Early 1900s The Place: Washington, D.C. The Participants: Reformers from the Progressive Movement

America of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was an America replete with problems. "Industrialization, immigration, and urban expansion were the major elements in the dramatic growth that the U.S. experienced during the last quarter of the 19th century. Accompanying this growth were both old and new concerns about problems about the lives of many Americans. By the turn of the twentieth century a reform movement had developed that included a wide range of groups and individuals with a common desire to improve life in the industrial age. Their ideas and work became known as progressivism, because they wanted to build on the existing society making moderate changes and social improvements through government action. Most Progressive reformers were not revolutionaries, but rather shared the goals of limiting the power of big business, improving democracy for the people, and strengthening social justice." (Newman, John J. United States History Preparing for the Advanced Placement Exam, p. 424.)

In this simulation, progressive reformers have traveled to Washington, D.C. to testify before a special Sentate committee interested in finding solutions to America's problems. Students playing the roles of progressive reformers will identify the problems they feel most need solving, and then offer their solutions to make America a better place in which to live.

As you conduct your research you need to indentify the following:
 * Background information of the reformer - create the context. Determine biases, motives, etc.(4 points)
 * The problem which they believe needs to be solved (include specific details as available) (8 points)
 * The solution to the problem advocated by the reformer (8 points)

Primary Resources [|Historyteacher.net]

You must cite 1 primary source and 2 secondary sources for your information. Please use MLA format and the bibliography at the end of the page. (3 points)

Reformers: Jane Addams - Devki G. Theodore Roosevelt - Billy F. Woodrow Wilson - Haley R. Eugene V. Debs - Oze N. Robert LaFollette - Adam L. John Dewey - Neehar B. Charles W. Eliot - Aaron B. W.E.B. DuBois - Connor H. Margaret Sanger - Dresden D. Henry George - Kyle H. Louis Brandeis - Max L. Ida B. Wells - Eli C. Carry Nation - Karly S. Lincoln Steffens - Leo S. Booker T. Washington - Arif H. Mother Mary Harris Jones - Mea M. Elizabeth Cady Stanton (d 1902) Tara Z. Upton Sinclair - Conor T. Florence Kelley - Nicole R. Lillian Wald - Jenna S.