WEEK 7

October 4 (Monday): Progressivism

• READ: Robertson, Federalism and the Making of America,  Chapter 6
              Fein, "Highways: State-Centered Bureaucracy"

1. What is Progressivism?

2. Did American federalism make it easier or more difficult to extend suffrage to women?

3. Did American federalism make it easier or more difficult to prohibit alcohol in the United States?

4. Are highway experts political actors?  Did they gain power? Did highway experts make it easier or more difficult for the Federal government to manage highway policy in the United States?