Choose one of the following questions and write an organized, thoughtful essay of approximately 2-3 pages. be sure to include specific information from the assigned book as well as relevant information from the podcasts and videos. if you use any other sources, be sure to include a works cited page. submit your essay as a word document or google doc.

1. citing specific evidence from the assigned book and the podcasts, defend or refute this statement: "the progressive reform movement of the early 20th century was an effective response to the problems of the new urban-industrial america that emerged during the so-called "gilded age" of the late 19th century." be sure to clearly identify the major political, economic, and social problems of the late 1800s and how specific progressive reforms addressed them.

2. citing specific evidence from the assigned book and the podcasts, defend or refute this statement: "america in the 1930s and 1940s can properly be called the age of roosevelt." be sure to consider fdr's impact on both foreign and domestic policy (the depression and world war ii).