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The Progressive Presidents

• Theodore Roosevelt
• And
• Woodrow Wilson

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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

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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

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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)

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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

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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