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PROGRESSIVE PRESIDENTS

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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

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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

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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”

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TRUST BUSTER

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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.

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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

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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

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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.”

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PURE FOOD AND DRUG ACT

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National Reclamation Act John Muir Gifford Pinchot

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TAFT Differ of opinion with Roosevelt

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ROOSEVELT VS TAFT Bull-Moose Party – 3rd party

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WOODROW WILSON Bio

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NEW FREEDOM

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ECONOMY 16th Amendment

Federal Reserve Act

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ANTI-TRUST REGULATION Federal Trade Commission

Clayton Anti-trust Act