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1
The Progressive Presidents
  • Theodore Roosevelt
  • And
  • Woodrow Wilson

2
The Other Roosevelt Teddy
  • Asst. Secretary of Navy
  • Resigned to serve as Lt. Colonel in
    Spanish-American War (Rough Riders)
  • Governor of New York
  • Republican V.P to McKinley (1900)
  • Speak softly and carry a big stick and you will
    go far

3
The 1st Progressive President
  • McKinley assassinated (1901)
  • TR - 26th P.O.T.U.S.
  • Youngest at age of 42
  • Dynamic personality won reform
  • Federal Government should assume control when
    states could not handle problems
  • President should be steward of the people

4
Roosevelts Square Deal Progressive Reforms
  • Control of Corporations
  • Curb the power of the corporations
  • Trust-buster 44 anti-trust suits
  • Elkins Acts (1903) Hepburn Act (1906)
  • Regulation on the railroads
  • Consumer Protection
  • Intervened when strikes threaten public welfare
  • Coal Strike (1902)
  • Meat Inspection Act Required USDA Meat
    Inspection
  • Pure Food and Drug Act Paved way for FDA
  • Conservation of Natural Resources
  • Environmental Awareness 148 mil. acres for
    Forest Preserves

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William H. Taft
  • Handpicked successor by Roosevelt
  • Never lived up to Progressive tag restrained
    concept of presidency
  • Best known as largest president (350 Lbs)

8
Wilsons Progressive Reforms
  • Unrivaled reforms until FDR New Deal
  • Assault on the Triple Wall of Privilege
  • Federal Reserve Act
  • Central banking system of the U.S.
  • Clayton Antitrust Act
  • sought to prevent non-competitive practices
  • Federal Trade Commission Act
  • oversight committee to curb unfair business
    activities
  • Sixteenth Amendment
  • Levy of Federal Income Tax

9
The Progressive Era
  • Not a complete success
  • Sparked new ideas and thinking
  • Challenged traditional ideas
  • Goals were contradictory due to different schools
    of thought
  • Federal Government still too influenced by big
    business/industry
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