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 * Unit Title:** The Progressive Era, 1890-1914
 * Grade Level(s):** 11 and 12
 * Subject/Topic Area(s):** United States History, Modern America
 * Key Words:** // Progressive Era, Theodore Roosevelt, immigration, education, labor, reform //
 * Designed by:** Geoff Cyr
 * Time Frame:** 6 classes, 80 min.
 * School District:** MSAD 9
 * School:** Mt. Blue High School
 * =Brief Summary of Unit = ||
 * The Progressive Era was a time of great social and political change for the United States. The term "Progressive Era" can be somewhat misleading, as it was not one giant movement, but many smaller ones fighting for similar and dissimilar causes affecting many groups of people. The Progressive Era saw all kinds of reforms and efforts to improve the lives of Americans from Jane Addams and the Settlement House movement at the grassroots level, to the efforts of reform-minded governors like Robert LaFollette of Wisconsin and Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey to increase democracy and access to the government for the common people, all the way up to the federal level, where Theodore Roosevelt and the "Progressive Presidents" fought to increase federal oversight over big business, which many saw as the culprit for many of the problems of the day. While this unit will focus primarly on social changes, the "Progressive Presidents" and local, state, and federal reforms will be discussed thoroughly. ||
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