Resources+-+Reform+Movements

=Reform Movements=


 * Topics:**
 * Urban Life and Reform
 * Political Machines and Civil Service
 * New Technologies
 * Public Schooling
 * Segregation
 * Newspapers
 * Mail-order
 * Progressivism
 * Imperialism
 * Spanish-American War
 * China
 * Panama Canal


 * Big Questions:**
 * How were the acute problems of urban cities created, and improved?
 * To what extent was civil service reform effective in combating the corruption of political machines, then and now?
 * How did the technological advancements at the end of the 1800s affect life in America?
 * How, when, and why did education become important in America?
 * Trace the cultural and political beginnings of segregation.
 * Describe the successes and failures of progressive reforms.
 * How did America get into the global imperialist fray?