Name ______________________ Date _____________ Period ____
Chapter 18: Progressives on the National Stage: How well did Presidents Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson promote
progressive goals in National Policies?
Three Progressive President's
 Theodore Roosevelt
 Teddy became president in ________________________________________________________________________
 __________________________________________ he was short and stout, impulsive, but knew how to get things done
 _________________- Roosevelt’s program of reform focusing on regulating big business and protecting workers and consumers
 William Howard Taft
 Succeeded _____________________________________ with his support
 Taft was _______________________________________- the exact opposite of Roosevelt
 Taft supported low tariffs in his party platform but in 1909 after taking office he signed the __________________________,
which _____________________ and tarnished his record as a progressive
 Woodrow Wilson
 Election of 1912-_______________ decided to run again because Taft betrayed the progressive ideals, but when the Republicans
chose Taft to represent them Roosevelt formed a ______political party, Progressive Party aka “__________________________”
 Woodrow Wilson was running for the ____________________ and ________________________ for the Socialists.
 Wilson received _____ of the votes, Debs ___ and the Republican party split Taft-____ and Roosevelt ________, giving Wilson
the presidency.
 Wilson promotes NEW FREEDOM- a ____________________ set in place to eliminate ________ and reduce
____________________ in the federal government
 HE was most noted for is laws on ______________, __________________ and the creation of the Federal Trade Commission.
Addressing Effects of Industrialization
 BUSTING TRUSTS
 Roosevelt passed the Sherman Anti-Trust Act- could not ______________________________________________ and became
known as a “____________” by breaking up J.P. Morgan’s Northern Securities Company and limiting the power of the Railroads
 Taft brought __________________________________ during his presidency being very harsh
 Wilson strengthened the Sherman Anti-Trust Act by passing the _______________________________________ in 1914outlawed _________________________________ and protected labor unions
 Many ______________________________ thought the government should not have interfered at all with business
 Protecting Consumers and Workers
 Roosevelt passed the Meat Inspections Act which required the department of Agriculture to thoroughly __________________
and The Pure Food and Drug Act established the FDA (_______________________________________________) to test and
approve drugs before they went to the __________________
 Roosevelt helped coal miners when he pressured the miners and owners to submit to arbitration- a legal process in which
___________________________________ helps resolve a dispute. This process decided that miners should have higher wages
and shorter hours but also declared that the owners did not have to recognize the union or higher union workers.
 Protecting Consumers and Workers
 Taft and Wilson expanded worker protections by establishing the __________________________ to investigate child labor.
Wilson passed the Keating Owen Child Labor Act in 1916 which prohibited companies from hiring children under the age of __.
 Taft and Wilson also supported an ________ work day, under Taft the ________ day became the rule for government employees.
 Protecting the Environment
 _________________________- the protecting of wilderness lands from all forms of development
 Conservation- ________________________________________________________________________
 Roosevelt backed the creation of the ____________________________________- which protected forest and other natural areas
from excessive development. Roosevelt set aside 150 million acres of national forest
 Taft added 2.7 million acres to the _____________________________________________________________________
 Wilson supported the creation of the __________________________________________ to manage national parks
(Yellowstone) for preservation and public use.
Reforming the National Government
 Reforming the Banking System
 Taft urged Congress to ______________________________________________ but no one could agree on the proper solution
 Wilson passed the ___________________________________ in 1913- this divided the country into 12 regions and create the
Federal Reserve System- a ____________________ of the United States. “The Fed” would offer a safety net to private banks
buy lending them money and would set the ____________ policy to regulate the amount of money in circulation by interest rates.
 Reforming Taxes and Tariffs
 Big business’s favored high tariffs-taxes on imported goods, but progressives felt this was unfair to consumers
 Taft passed the 16th Amendment- _________________________ amendment, a graduated income tax which placed a higher
burden on those who had more money.
 Wilson signed the Underwood Tariff Act in 1913 which reduced ______________ and created the _____________ income tax
 AMENDMENTS
 17th Amendment- ______________________________________, gave the people more power
 18th Amendment- ________________________ of “the manufacture, sale or transportation of __________________________”
 Women’s Temperance Christian Movement-argued drinking of alcohol made men unable to
____________________________________________________________. “The Saloon Must Go”
 _____th Amendment- “the right of citizens of the United states to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by
any state on account of ________! WOMEN CAN VOTE