The Progressive Presidents - Teddy Roosevelt

The Progressive Presidents - Teddy Roosevelt

Opener Would you consider

Barack Obama to be a progressive

President? Explain why or

why not.

- Republican - reserved - serious( last Veteran of Civil War to

serve as President) - predictable - “old school”

William McKinley:25th

McKinley’s former vice-president died of heart failure while in office.

Garret Hobart

NY State Assembly

Asst. Sec. of the Navy

Left politics for 2 years

Spanish- American War breaks out

Organized volunteer unit

San Juan Hill, Cuba

made TR a national hero

•Gov. of NY (Republican)

Promised to fight against political machines and corruption in NY - Bosses hated his stubbornness

Chosen by McKinley as VP because he’s loved

by...…Progressives

in cities

...ranchers in the west

Plus…he’s a war hero!

Americans love their military leaders!

impulsive Bullish “madman”

determined

energetic speeches

“steam engine in trousers”

Sept. 6, 1901:

McKinley shot twice

by Leon Czolgosz

Quiz Time!!!Who was the youngest President

ever?Who was the youngest President

ever elected? Who takes over if the President

Dies?

The Vice President

ADMINISTRATION

Birth of Modern Presidency: Now a strong President &

weak Congress

Established national parks and wildlife refuges

Seen as a trustbuster- Filed 42 Anti-Trust suits

Called big business leaders

the “criminal rich”

United Mine Workers (UMW) Workers want more $,

shorter workday, & union recognized

Threatened to order troops into mines

Settlement imposed by an outside party

9 hr day, pay up 10%, NO recognition of

union

“Square Deal” - TR seen as a hero

Meat Inspection Act (1906): Outlawed misleading

labels & dangerous chemical preservatives

Inspired by

The Jungle

Did not run again in 1908

Selected William

Howard Taft to run

A LARGE man!

Democrats: Woodrow

Wilson

Socialists: Eugene V.

Debs

Debs couldn’t convince people he could win

What is socialism?

Republicans: Taft

“I might as well give up, there

are so many people in this country who don’t like me.”

TR shot before speech: “It takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose!”

Progressive/Bull Moose: Roosevelt

WILSON WINS!!!

How did he do this?

Democrats / Wilson wins by a landslide

Republicans

Bull Moose

Electoral Votes per Candidate