McGerr’s A Fierce Discontent and Friday’s reading on American imperialism only. You are expected to be familiar with all scheduled readings through at least July 22 before you begin this assignment. You are being evaluated primarily on your familiarity and ability to engage with the readings and how you are able to apply them to a critical discussion of the colonization process.
Prompt:
How was the term “progressive” historically defined by those activists and politicians who took on that label in the early twentieth century in the United States? What did “progress” mean, especially in terms of class, race, gender, and sexuality; and how did “progressive” ideologies redefine what democracy meant to Americans in the early twentieth century? To what extent was “progressivism” about expanding democracy, and to what extent did progressive ideologies limit democracy? Finally, connect the readings in McGerr to the readings for Friday on American Empire. To what extent does the expansion of the American military and government into the Caribbean, the Pacific, and other areas around the world represent the culmination of Progressive Era values, and, on the other hand, why did many Progressive Era activists oppose American expansion into the former Spanish Empire in the Caribbean and the Philippines, the Kingdom of Hawai’i, as well as other areas outside the continental United States?
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McGerr, Chapter 4: “Ending Class Conflict” and Chapter 5: “Controlling Big Business”
McGerr, Chapter 6: “The Shield of Segregation”
McGerr, Chapter 7: “The Promise of Liberation” and Chapter 8: “The Pursuit of Pleasure”
McGerr, Chapter 9: “The Price of Victory” and Conclusion
“Imperialism and World Power,” Major Problems in American History, Volume II†
“America in World War I,” Major Problems in American History, Volume II and 2) Norvell and Tuttle, “Views of a Negro During ‘The Red Summer’ of 1919”