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Essay/Research Question: Was the Progressive Era progressive? Thesis Statement: -Reconstruction Era 1865-1877: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASreconstruction.htm -Spanish American War; US gains colonies, namely the Philippines and Hawaii -Unions vs. Business Leaders and how the government regulates their interactions
 * Paragraphs || Topic Summary: What happened? Answer in 5 Complete Sentences. || Evidence: Quotes or Statistics to add to summary || Analysis: Why is this event/person important? || Evaluation: How does the evidence support my thesis? || Mapping Sentence/Transition Sentence ||
 * Introduction || Summarize the Progressive Era

-Racism || * Reconstruction Act: http://ocw.nd.edu/history/african-american-history-ii/lecture-notes/reconstruction-act-of-1867 > > > http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed11.asp ||  ||   ||   || Business owners vs. Central Government; Business owners consisted of Carnegie, Rockefeller, and J.P. Morgan; T. Roosevelt President Woodrow Wilson “the Last Progressive” || * http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/wilson14.asp ||  ||   ||   || What did the Progressive Era lead to? || Your ideas. ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Bayonet Constitution
 * Reciprocity Treaty
 * Spanish American War accounts: Letters from soldiers.
 * http://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/john_chap_01.asp ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Body 1 || Government: Unstable; 3 Candidates ran on the Republican, Democrat, Progressive || * Square Deal: http://www.heritage.org/initiatives/first-principles/primary-sources/teddy-roosevelts-new-nationalism
 * http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/impeach/impeachmt.htm ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Body 2 || Economy: Based on railroad, steel, coal, oil and farming industries. Civil War veterans become main labor force. Unions vs. Business || * http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/troos.asp
 * Body 3 || Key Figures:
 * Conclusion || Summarize or introduce new idea.