Progressives in the White House- President William McKinley is shot by an ________________ at the NY World’s Fair in 1901- VP Theodore Roosevelt became president

*42yrs old = ________________ president to take office*Strong supporter of ___________________

Teddy Roosevelt- Came from wealthy NY family & was embarrassed by how __________________________- Wanted to end corruption & work for ______________________- Worked for Civil Service Commission, headed the _____________ department, then became assistant secretary of the Navy

(led troops in the SPAM war 1898 = war hero) - Elected Gov. of NY until he became _______- Mocked by other politicians as a “__________________” for

wanting “good government”- Upon taking Presidential office, he pledges to

“____________________________________”

TR & Big Business- TR sees a difference between good & bad trusts. It’s government’s job to control them or break them

* ________: efficient & fair & should be let alone* ____: took advantage of workers & cheated public

____________: a person who wanted to destroy all trusts- TR simply wants to regulate, not “bust” them- He’s the first President to side with labor in a union dispute (mediation is key)

TR promises the people a Square Deal: everyone from

farmers & consumers to workers & owners should have

the same opportunity to succeed.

Consumers- Shocked by The Jungle, TR sends newspaper companies copies of government reports exposing meatpacking plant conditions- _______________had exposed drug companies for making false claims about medicine- ___________________________: 1906 passed by Congress- requires food & drug makers to list ingredients on packages. - It worked to end false advertising & impure ingredients

Resources- _______________________= drain on natural resources- TR supports ______________________: protection of natural resources- New trees planted where they were uprooted/ mining is controlled to not waste

coal- 194,000 acres set aside for national parks- ____________________: area set aside for people to visit, run by the federal

government

Taft & Progressives- TR didn’t want to run for reelection in 1908 – he backs William Howard Taft (his secretary of War)- Taft held the same values, but didn’t approach politics how TR did – doesn’t have as many followers

1912: 3-Way Election- TR comes back from hunting trips in Africa to see Taft isn’t doing too well- He runs against ________for Republican nomination

*Taft is current Republican President (he wins the vote of the presidential convention)

___________________________: Republicans in support of Teddy Roosevelt- Progressive Republicans are annoyed at convention results & sets up a new party with TR as their candidate

*He feels proud & says “_______________________________”*This new party becomes known as the ________________________

- Democrats chose ____________________(Progressive) as their candidate*Known as a brilliant scholar & a cautious reformer

- TR & Taft were more popular BUT they __________ the Republican vote*This division = more solid votes for ________________

A New Freedom- ________________: President Wilson’s program to break up trusts and restore American economic competition- ______________________: 1913 Congress – sets up a system of federal banks. Gave government the power to raise or lower interest rates & control the money supply

• Regulating Competition• Federal Trade Commission: __________ – 1914 – power to investigate companies &

order them to stop using unfair practices to destroy competitors