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- Analyze political cartoons
about the Progressive Era.
Taft
- Describe how Presidents’
and Wilson continued
Progressive
reforms.
Analyzing political
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cartoons
use
the 5
mental
Six glasses are lined upsame
on a table.
The first three are filled with
water, the last three are empty.
The problem is to change the order
process…
of the glasses so that the first glass is filled with water, the second
glass is empty, the third glass is filled, the fourth is empty, the fifth
filled and the sixth empty. In doing this, you are only allowed to
move ONE of the glasses. Looks impossible, but of course, it’s
not...
Political Cartoon Analysis
• Components
• Recognize symbolism
• Use background information
• Date and source
• Political Cartoon Stations
Theodore Roosevelt
• In small groups you will move to
stations and analyze the cartoon
at each stop (about 30 seconds):
• Write an interpretation.
• Label 2 or more examples
of symbolism in the cartoon.
Political Cartoon Analysis
• Components
• Recognize symbolism
• Use background information
• Date and source
• Political Cartoon Stations
Theodore Roosevelt
• In small groups you will move to
stations and analyze the cartoon
at each stop (about 30 seconds):
• Write an interpretation.
• Label 2 or more examples
of symbolism in the cartoon.
Quiz
Progressive Presidents
William Howard Taft
• Republican chosen by TR due to
his experience as a Federal Judge,
governor of the Philippines, and
Secretary of War (TR)… (Was also
a Supreme Court Justice later).
• Disappointing as a Progressive,
although he did accomplish someWilliam H. Taft
reforms:
• Mann-Elkins Act (1910)
• Supported conservation
• Backed the 16th Amendment (1913)
… However;
Progressive Presidents
William Howard Taft
… However;
•Allowed Progressives to SPLIT
between radical Gov. Robert
LaFollette and conservative
Senator Nelson Aldrich.
• Failed to control reactionary
House Speaker Joe Cannon
who
blocked many reforms.
William H. Taft
• Failed to support tariff
reduction.
• Fired Gifford Pinchot over
Progressive Presidents
Response to William Howard Taft?
• Teddy Roosevelt was upset at
Taft’s lack of Progressive reforms.
• TR formed the “Bull Moose Party”
to run for president in the 1912
election on a platform called
“New Nationalism”.
• This SPLIT the Republican vote
and allowed Democrat Woodrow
Wilson to win.
Theodore Roosevelt
Progressive Presidents
Woodrow Wilson
• New Freedom
• Wilson wanted limited
regulation by the governm
to focus on breaking u
monopolies, but NOT
reform on social welfare
Progressive Presidents
Woodrow Wilson’s New Freed
strengthened executive authority:
• Underwood-Simmons Tariff A
• Federal Reserve Act (1913).
• Federal Trade Commission (19
… However W.W. did not
support suffrage, child labor
laws or desegregation.
Progressive Presidents
Woodrow Wilson’s New Freed
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Federal Farm Loan Act
Warehouse Act
Highway Act
Keating-Owen Act
Adamson Act
Kern-McGillicuddy Act
Appointed Louis Brandeis to
Supreme Court.
TR’s
“Square Deal”
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“New Nationalism”
Woodrow Wilson’s
“New Freedom”