Progressivism at home and American power abroad, 1890–1917

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Explain the socioeconomic and political conditions of the Gilded Age and early industrial era that gave rise to Progressive reform movements.
Evaluate how Progressive reformers and presidents sought to address the effects of industrial capitalism, political corruption, urbanization, and social inequality through local, state, and federal action.

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Explain the ways women reformers, settlement house workers, and advocates for suffrage and social justice expanded the goals of Progressivism while also facing limits rooted in race and gender inequality.

Interpret how ideas such as Social Darwinism, Anglo-Saxonism, missionary impulse, strategic expansion, and economic interest shaped debates over American imperialism.

Explain the causes and consequences of the Spanish-American War, the annexation or control of overseas territories, and continued intervention in the Caribbean and Latin America.

Compare the foreign policies of Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson in expanding American power abroad before U.S. entry into World War I.

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