List at least five specific historical examples from the video
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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
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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?