1. Why Was the City Such a Central Element in Progressive America?

APUSH Unit 6

Focus Questions

Chapters 18-22

1.  Why was the city such a central element in Progressive America?

2.  How did the labor and women's movements challenge the nineteenth-century meanings of American freedom?

3.  In what ways did Progressivism include both democratic and antidemocratic impulses?

4.  How did the Progressive presidents foster the rise of the nation-state?

5.  In what ways did the Progressive presidents promote the expansion of American power overseas?

6.  How did the United States get involved in World War I?

7.  How did the United States mobilize resources and public opinion for the war effort?

8.  How did the war affect race relations in the United States?

9.  Why was 1919 such a watershed year for the United States and the world?

10.  Who benefited and who suffered in the new consumer society of the 1920s?

11.  In what ways did the government promote business interests in the 1920s?

12.  Why did the protection of civil liberties gain importance in the 1920s?

13.  What were the major flash points between fundamentalism and pluralism in the 1920s?

14.  What were the causes of the Great Depression, and how effective were the government's responses by 1932?

15.  What were the major policy initiatives of the New Deal in the Hundred Days?

16.  Who were the major proponents of economic justice in the 1930s, and what measures did they advocate?

17.  What were the major initiatives of the Second New Deal, and how did they differ from the First New Deal?

18.  How did the New Deal recast the meaning of American freedom?

19.  How did the New Deal benefits apply to women and minorities?

20.  How did the Popular Front influence American culture in the 1930s?

21.  What steps led to American participation in World War II?

22.  How did the United States mobilize economic resources and promote popular support for the war effort?

23.  What visions of America's postwar role began to emerge during the war?

24.  How did American minorities face threats to their freedom at home and abroad during World War II?

25.  How did the end of the war begin to shape the postwar world?