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
• 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.
Goals of Progressivism
1.
2.
3.
4.
Protect social welfare
Promote moral improvement
Create economic reform
Foster efficiency
Theodore Roosevelt
• Settlement of 1902
• Pushed passage of
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
Meat Inspection and
Pure Food and Drug
Acts
• Set aside lands for
National parks, and
preserves
• Commerce and Labor
Depts. established
William H. Taft
• “Busted” twice as
• Standard Oil Co. was
many trusts as
Roosevelt.
• Payne-Aldrich Tariff
which lowered overall
rates*
• Mann-Elkins Act
strengthened the ICC
placed telephone and
telegraph under ICC
successfully
prosecuted
• 16th Amendment
ratified—income tax
Woodrow Wilson
• Passage of Underwood • Child Labor Laws
Tariff—lowering rate
• 17th,18th,and 19th
• Federal Reserve Act—
amendments passed
created a central
banking system
• Federal Trade
Commission
• Clayton Anti-trust Act