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The Progressive Presidents Theodore Roosevelt William Howard Taft Woodrow Wilson

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Page 1: The progressive presidents

The Progressive Presidents

Theodore RooseveltWilliam Howard Taft

Woodrow Wilson

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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)

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Filed anti-trust lawsuits

Elkins Act Hepburn Act Meat Inspection

Act Pure Food and

Drug Act

Business Reforms

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Arbitration in Pennsylvania United Mine Workers strike

Labor Reforms

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Withdrew public land from sale

Created national parks

Newlands Reclamation Act

National Conservation Commission

Conservation

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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)

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

Mann-Elkins Act Payne Aldrich Tariff

Business Reforms

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Department of Labor

Mine safety laws 8 hour workday for

Railroad workers

Labor

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Restored Alaska land to the U.S. Forest Service

Conservation

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President of Harvard

Took advantage of split in Republican party

Promised New Freedom – place strict controls on businesses

Woodrow Wilson (Pres. From 1913-1921)

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Underwood Tariff Act

Federal Reserve Act

Clayton Anti-Trust Act

Federal Trade Commission

Business

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Federal Farm Loan Act

Adamson Act Federal Workmen’s

Compensation Act Keating-Owen

Child Labor Act

Labor