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Teddy Roosevelt Born into a wealthy family in
New York Very ill as a child (had
severe asthma and there was no treatment)
Boxer and a wrestler in college
Became assistant secretary of the Navy until 1898 Resigned his position to join
the army in the Spanish American War
Became President in 1901 with the assassination of President McKinley
Roosevelt’s Presidency1901-1908Youngest to ever hold the office (until Kennedy in
1960) at 42Used Federal power to help the working classTrustbusting-wanted to end the unfair business
practices in some monopolies while still allowing for big businesses to grow
Regulated the Railroad industry to make fair pricing
William Howard Taft1908-1912Broke 90 trusts in 4 yearsPayne-Aldrich Tariff
Tariff that allowed for reducing taxes on manufactured goods
Republicans cut out everything except birdseed and sea moss
Taft defended the bill and it cost him the presidency in 1912
Election of 1912
Roosevelt had established the Bull Moose Party as a split from the Republicans
Roosevelt ran in the 1912 election 3 Candidates for President-Woodrow Wilson-Democrat; Teddy
Roosevelt-Bull Moose Party; William Taft-Republican Wilson wins by a landslide-Roosevelt come in 2nd
President Wilson-1st TermClayton Anti-Trust
Act1914-strengthened the
Sherman Anti-trust Act
Federal Trade Commission EstablishedPower to investigate
violations of regulations to end unfair business practices
Wilson Cont’dFederal Income Tax-reduced the rate of
tariffs because the government earned money from income taxes
Federal Reserve System-established a backing for US currency that supports the national banks
Women’s Suffrage and the 19th Amendment
The End of Progressivism“There’s no chance of progress and reform in
an administration in which war plays a principal part”
The outbreak of World War I ended the Progressive Era in 1914
Yellow JournalismHearst and Pulitzer
exaggerated the reports from the Spanish-American war
Stories of poisoned wells, and children being thrown to the sharks made the Americans sympathetic to the Cuban/American cause
The War in the PhilippinesAt the end of the
Spanish-American War the Filipinos were angry at being annexed by the United States
Believed that they had been betrayed by the US
Caused a rebellion that lasted for 3 years
Filipino War Cont’d January 1899-Aguinaldo
proclaimed the Philippines independent and a Republic
Turned to guerilla tactics The US forced the Filipinos
to live in ‘zones’ The US had condemned
Spain for doing the same thing in Cuba
Poor sanitation, disease and starvation occurred
Filipino War Cont’dLasted until 1902Aguinaldo was
captured in 1901The war cost the US
$400 million4,000 Americans
were killed and 20,000 Filipinos
Effects of the WarThe US set up a similar government in the
Philippines as they had set up in Puerto RicoUS appoints a governor and the Filipinos elect
a lower branch of governmentEducation was established and grew and
there were improved hospitals and sanitation
Philippines became independent in 1946Most embarrassing moment