1 / 7

US vs. Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson

US vs. Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson. Who is a “Progressive President”. Three Presidents have claimed to be a Progressive President. You are a judge in the court of history and must decide. Format. Each president will state their case based on their accomplishments

phaedra
Download Presentation

US vs. Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. US vs. Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson Who is a “Progressive President”

  2. Three Presidents have claimed to be a Progressive President. You are a judge in the court of history and must decide.

  3. Format • Each president will state their case based on their accomplishments • You will form an opinion based on the four goals for the progressive movement. • You will express your opinion in an essay that discusses how your choice for Progressive President fulfills each goal.

  4. Goals of Progressivism • Protect social welfare • Promote moral improvement • Create economic reform • Foster efficiency

  5. Settlement of 1902 coal strike favoring workers but did not recognize union Filed 44 suits against businesses under Sherman Anti-Trust Act Elkins and Hepburn acts strengthen ICC Pushed passage of Meat Inspection and Pure Food and Drug Acts Set aside lands for National parks, and preserves Commerce and Labor Depts. established Theodore Roosevelt

  6. “Busted” twice as many trusts as Roosevelt. Payne-Aldrich Tariff which lowered overall rates* Mann-Elkins Act strengthened the ICC placed telephone and telegraph under ICC Standard Oil Co. was successfully prosecuted 16th Amendment ratified—income tax William H. Taft

  7. Passage of Underwood Tariff—lowering rate Federal Reserve Act—created a central banking system Federal Trade Commission Clayton Anti-trust Act Child Labor Laws 17th,18th,and 19th amendments passed Woodrow Wilson

More Related