Tag: progressivism

• Know Your History: Progressives vs. Progressives (Part I)

  One of the more enlightening assignments my US History students complete each year is the one where half the class researches the progressive movement of the early 20th century and the other half researches the progressive movement of the early 21st century. It’s true. No two progressives of two different time periods are the same.…

  sassevn

  November 9, 2015

  Know Your History

  17th amendment, different types of progressives, income redistribution, progressive era, progressivism, secular progressive, single payer healthcare

• Know Your History: Get rid of the bum, Teddy Roosevelt!

  In one of those ironic, funny moments in history, Teddy Roosevelt unexpectedly became president of the United States in September of 1901 when President William McKinley died of an assassins bullet. Why was it ironic and funny? Certainly not because of McKinley’s death, which was tragic and heart-breaking for the country. It was ironic and…

  sassevn

  August 6, 2015

  History & Culture

  Gilded Age, mckinley, monopoly, Pan-Am exposition, progressivism, Teddy Roosevelt