List at least five specific historical examples from the video
McKinley
v.
Bryan
Teddy Roosevelt
as VP
Assassination!
Dates in Office: 1897-1901
Nickname: Liberator of Cuba,
The Human Iceberg
Political Party: Republican
Major Events:
Spanish-American War
Annexation of Hawaii
Open Door Policy/Boxer
Rebellion
Gold Standard Act
Second Wife: Edith
Children: Alice (first
wife), Theodore Jr.,
Kermit, Ethel Carow,
Archibald Bulloch
"Archie", and Quentin
Young
and vibrant
Increased
presidential power
“Steward of the
people”
Loose
constructionist
Break up trusts that
drove up prices and
hurt labor (e.g.
creation of the Dept.
of Commerce and
Labor)
Ensure that
products were
made safely for
the consumer
(e.g. Meat
Inspection Act and
Pure Food and
Drug Act)
Ensure the
protection and
conservation of
natural resources
and landscapes
Anthracite
Coal Strike – threatened winter coal
supply
United Mine Workers (UMW)
o Better pay, hours, housing
Roosevelt
as arbitrator led to compromise
“Good
trusts” vs.
“Bad trusts”
o E.g. U.S. Steel
vs. Northern
Securities Co.
Elkins
and
Hepburn Acts
John
Muir and the
Sierra Club
Newlands
Reclamation Act
Hetch Hetchy Valley
Dates in Office: 1901-1909
Nickname: TR, The Hero of San Juan Hill, The
Rough Rider, The Cowboy, The Trust Buster
Political Party: Republican
Major Events:
Panama Canal
Roosevelt Corollary
Portsmouth Treaty
Gentleman’s Agreement
Great White Fleet
Square Deal
Newlands Reclamation Act
Meat Inspection Act & Pure Food and
Drug Act
Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
forms
Niagara Movement and NAACP formed
No
third term for TR
William Howard Taft
o Only mildly progressive
o Diminished
presidential power
o TR and Taft’s feud
grows increasingly
more tense
Special-made chair for President
Taft at the Mission Inn
More
of a trustbuster than TR
Extended ICC’s
power
Attacked U.S.
Steel
Republican
split
o Tariff: High (Old-school
Republicans) vs. Low
(Progressive
Republicans)
o Conservation
o Social Progressivism
New Nationalism
Platform:
Regulation of industry
Labor protection
Conservation
Social welfare
Expansion of
democracy
The Bull Moose Party
“It takes more than
one bullet to bring
down a Bull Moose.”
“The old lion is
dead.”
Southern
Democrat
Religious
Idealistic
Elitist
Superb orator
New
Freedom: Fiscal, not social
Progressivism
Attacking the Triple Wall of Privilege:
Tariff, Banks, and Trusts
o Underwood Tariff: Reduced from 40% to 25%
o Federal Reserve Act:
• Federal Reserve Board which oversees 12
regional federal banks
• Power to issue money; can regulate interest
rates and the amount of money in circulation
Attacking
the Triple Wall of Privilege:
Tariff, Banks, and Trusts (con’t)
o Federal Trade Commission: Investigates
unfair and unlawful business practices
o Clayton Anti-Trust Act: Enhanced anti-trust
laws, forbidding price discrimination and
interlocking directorates; excluded unions
from being “trusts”
To what extent does Theodore Roosevelt
deserve to be engraved upon Mount Rushmore
as one of the nation’s greatest leaders?
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