Week 5 Assignment: Case Study
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- Due Sunday by 11:59pm
- Points 175
- Submitting a file upload
Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
- Textbook: Chapter 18, 21, 22
- Lesson
- Minimum of 3 scholarly sources (in addition to the textbook). The sources associated with each topic selection below can be used as part of the 3 scholarly sources.
Optional Resources to Explore
Feel free to review the library guide for scholarly sources and videos at the following link:
- Link (website): History Library Guide (Links to an external site.)
Introduction
The purposes of each case study assignment include the following:
- To hone your abilities to research using scholarly sources
- To advance critical thinking and writing skills
- To compile a response to the prompts provided
- To explore a historical topic and make connections to change over time
Instructions
Pick one (1) of the following topics. Then, address the corresponding questions/prompts for your selected topic. Use at least one (1) documented example of the corresponding primary source in your writing..
Option 2: Who is A Progressive?
Review the following site:
- Link (website): Presidential Election of 1912: A Resource Guide (Links to an external site.)
- #2. For anyone who selected to write about “Who is a Progressive?”
o Anti-Progressives are the industrialist who created and allowed for harsh working conditions
o Here is the link to Roosevelts speech: https://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/who-is-a-progressive/
Then, address the following:
- According to Roosevelt, what are the characteristics of a progressive?
- Explain and give examples of the characteristics of “anti-progressives.”
- Trace what types of activities “anti-progressives” engaged in?
- Analyze the goals of progressivism.
- Explain what areas of society progressives addressed?
- Analyze the progressive achievements Roosevelt highlights in his speech?
