Progressive Era DBQ
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Directions: This task is designed to test your ability to work with historical documents
and is based on the accompanying documents (1-7). Some of the documents have been
edited for the purposes of this question. As you analyze the documents, take into account
both the source of each document and any point of view that may be presented in the
document.
Historical Context: Throughout the history of the United States, urbanization and
industrialization have led to great advances and great social problems. During the
Progressive Era, reform movements attempted to solve problems such as tenement
overcrowding, lynching, child labor, and to achieve suffrage for women.
Task:
• Discuss two social, economic, and/or political problems affecting Americans during
the Progressive Era.
Explain one reform solution to each of the problems you have selected.
• Evaluate whether the reform movements of the Progressive were a success or a failure.
Using information from the documents and your knowledge of U.S. History, answer the
questions that follow each document in Part A. Your answers to the questions will help
you write the Part B essay.
Guidelines
When writing your essay, be sure to
• Address all aspects of the task by accurately analyzing and interpreting at least four documents.
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Incorporate information from the documents in the body of the essay.
Incorporate relevant outside information throughout the essay.
Richly support the theme with relevant facts, examples, and details.
• Write a well-developed essay that consistently demonstrates a logical and clear plan of organization.
• Introduce the theme by establishing a framework that is beyond a simple restatement of the Task or
Historical Content and conclude the essay with a summation of the theme.