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Essay Assignment

For this essay, choose ONLY 1 essay question from the list below. Grades will be based on the content of the answer and must be more than 300 words in length. Direct quotes do not count toward the required word count.

Essay Questions:

1. What did most Progressives see as the three primary problems of the Gilded Age? Describe at least three specific Progressive-Era reform efforts that attempted to address those problems. Who were the Muckrakers and how did they promote the spread of Progressivism? (use at least 2 specific Muckrakers as examples)

2. How did Theodore Roosevelt embody Progressive reform at the national level? How did his "Square Deal" and "New Nationalism" platforms attempt to shift the role of the federal government in the American economy and in American society? Compare Roosevelt's platforms to Woodrow Wilson's "New Freedom" platform (compare the positions on political, economic, and social issues).

3. How and why did Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson both embrace interventionism in US foreign policy? Why did Roosevelt feel the need to expand on the Monroe Doctrine with what became known as the Roosevelt Corollary? How did Wilson's intervention into the Mexican Revolution and his diplomatic efforts in World War I reflect his vision of the United States' role as a world power?

4. How did the Mexican Revolution affect the United States? In what ways did American intervention in the Revolution lead to the United States' entry into World War I?

5. How was the American home front affected by World War I? How did the government promote the war effort? How and why did the government restrict civil liberties? How and why were racial and ethnic tensions exacerbated by the war? How did the war affect the economy?