The progressive presidents

The Progressive Presidents

Theodore RooseveltWilliam Howard Taft

Woodrow Wilson

Promised the American people a “Square Deal”◦ Promise to keep the

wealthy and powerful from taking advantage of small business owners and the poor

Theodore Roosevelt (Pres. From 1900 – 1909)

Filed anti-trust lawsuits

Elkins Act Hepburn Act Meat Inspection

Act Pure Food and

Drug Act

Business Reforms

Arbitration in Pennsylvania United Mine Workers strike

Labor Reforms

Withdrew public land from sale

Created national parks

Newlands Reclamation Act

National Conservation Commission

Conservation

Was Roosevelt’s Secretary of War

Expected to carry on many of Teddy Roosevelt’s reforms

Set his own agenda

William Howard Taft (Pres. From 1909-1913)

Filed twice as many anti-trust suits (than T. Roosevelt)

Mann-Elkins Act Payne Aldrich Tariff

Business Reforms

Department of Labor

Mine safety laws 8 hour workday for

Railroad workers

Labor

Restored Alaska land to the U.S. Forest Service

Conservation

President of Harvard

Took advantage of split in Republican party

Promised New Freedom – place strict controls on businesses

Woodrow Wilson (Pres. From 1913-1921)

Underwood Tariff Act

Federal Reserve Act

Clayton Anti-Trust Act

Federal Trade Commission

Business

Federal Farm Loan Act

Adamson Act Federal Workmen’s

Compensation Act Keating-Owen

Child Labor Act

Labor