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Progressive Presidents . Theodore Roosevelt. Became President at age 43 1901. Born well to do family in New York William McKinley was assassinated Brought youth and energy Avid Hunter Expeditions to Africa Big Game in the States Rancher Ranched in Dakota Territory Lost his Ranch - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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PROGRESSIVE PRESIDENTS
THEODORE ROOSEVELT Became President at age 43 1901.
Born well to do family in New York William McKinley was assassinated Brought youth and energy
Avid Hunter Expeditions to Africa Big Game in the States
Rancher Ranched in Dakota Territory Lost his Ranch
Rough Rider Colonel in Spanish American War War hero
MORE TEDDY A worldly man
Felt a need to put America on the World stage Expand reach of US
Became Governor of New York in 1898 Felt that he needed to be a steward to the
people To take action for the good of the public (As
President) Thought Government was an arbitor between
big business and labor That government would step in and solve problems
Bust the Trust “speak softly and carry a big stick”
TRUST BUSTER
SQUARE DEAL Protect small business
Keep big business from taking advantage of small business and poor
Did not mean an equal distribution of wealth It meant regulation of what that business could
do Coal strike 1902
Miners wanted higher pay and shorter hours Teddy asked owners to give in a bit Threatened to send in federal troops to seize the mines Mine owners gave small raise and 9 hour days
Coal strike was the first time Government stepped in on the side of workers.
TRUST BUSTING Carry a big stick Reinforce Sherman Anti-trust Act
Northern Railroad company Was found to be in violation anti-trust act Supreme court forced company to break into smaller
ones Railroad was used as a warning for other trusts
Teddy had “good” and “bad” trusts Big business was bad if it hurt smaller ones and
consumers Supported big business as long as it was fair
HEPBURN ACT Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC)
Made ICC more Powerful 1906 Had the ability to set shipping rates for all
railroad companies Could set and limit shipping costs and rates Also set maximum prices for ferries, bridge tolls, and
oil pipelines
MEAT INSPECTION ACT Inspect any meat sold across state lines Required federal inspection of process plants
Upton Sinclair The Jungle “All day long the blazing midsummer sun beat down upon
that square mile of abominations: upon tens of thousands of cattle crowded into pens whose wooden floors stank and steamed contagion; upon bare, blistering, cinder-strewn railroad tracks, and huge blocks of dingy meat factories, whose labyrinthine passages defied a breath of fresh air to penetrate them; and there were not merely rivers of hot blood, and carloads of moist flesh, and rendering vats and soap caldrons, glue factories and fertilizer tanks, that smelt like the craters of hell—there were also tons of garbage festering in the sun, and the greasy laundry of the workers hung out to dry, and dining rooms littered with food and black with flies, and toilet rooms that were open sewers.”
PURE FOOD AND DRUG ACT
National Reclamation Act John Muir Gifford Pinchot
TAFT Differ of opinion with Roosevelt
ROOSEVELT VS TAFT Bull-Moose Party – 3rd party
WOODROW WILSON Bio
NEW FREEDOM
ECONOMY 16th Amendment
Federal Reserve Act
ANTI-TRUST REGULATION Federal Trade Commission
Clayton Anti-trust Act