The Progressive Era
US History Unit 2 Test Part 2 Choice Board Option #1
Write a three-paragraph essay answering the following question:
How was the Progressive Era a response to the problems of the Gilded Age? To what extent were the reforms successful?
Give at least 3 examples of Gilded Age problems and the Progressive Era reforms for those problems.
Write 1 paragraph about each Gilded Age problem and its Progressive Era Reform. Decide if the reform was successful in solving the problem. (3 paragraphs total).
Step 1. Write an introduction sentence by restating the question:
The Progressive Era responded to the problems of the Gilded Age by _____________________
______________________________________________________________________________.
Step 2: Choose three problems from the Gilded Age and explain the problem. Give details.
Step 3: What were the Progressive Era solutions for the Problems? Put your three problems into the chart and add the solution
Gilded Age Problem Progressive Era Reform Did the Reform help?
Step 4: Write a conclusion sentence. Do you think the reforms helped solve the problems?
Use the negative, positive method to write your conclusion:
Although (address the negative), most (state the positive)
Step 5: Put it all together. Now you will write your essay in the box below. You must write in complete sentences to receive full credit.
Take your intro sentence (step 1), the three problems and solutions (step 3), and the conclusion sentence (step 4) and turn them into paragraphs.
