1. Progressivism Under Taft and Wilson
Chapter 18 Section 3
Progressivism Under Taft and Wilson

2. Conservationist
People who favor the protection of natural resources

3. How did Taft offend conservationists, and what was the result?
He appointed Richard Ballinger as Secretary of the Interior
Ballinger opposed conservation
Sided with businesses and unrestricted development

4. How did Taft offend conservationists, and what was the result?
This offended Gifford Pinchot
Head of the U.S. Forest Service
He’s the guy that developed many of Teddy’s conservationist policies
His opposition eventually resulted in Taft firing him

5. How did Taft offend conservationists, and what was the result?
It turn out, Ballinger may have illegally given some businesses access to land in Alaska
Never proven
But eventually had to resign
Pinchot was a hero in the eyes of the people
Hurt Taft’s popularity

6. What progressive reforms did Taft achieve?
Reserved public lands
Antitrust suits
Supported Children’s Bureau
Supported 16th and 17th Amendments
Supported Mann-Elkins Act (helped ICC regulate telegraph & telephone rates)

7. New Nationalism Teddy ran on his platform of New Nationalism in 1912
Business regulation
Welfare laws
Workplace protection for women and children
Income and inheritance taxes
Voting reform

8. Bull Moose Party Nickname of the Progressive Party
TR ran for President in 1912 as a member of this party
The Republicans nominated a more conservative Taft over TR

9. What effect did the Bull Moose Party have on the election of 1912?
It split the Republican vote
Allowing the Democratic candidate, Woodrow Wilson, to win the Presidency with only 42% of the vote

10. What reforms did Woodrow Wilson seek?
Reduce tariffs
Eliminating trusts
Overhaul of American banking
Impose federal limits on child labor

11. Clayton Antitrust Act
Legalized unions and strikes, limited the issuing of injunctions against unions

12. Federal Trade Commission
Worked to eliminate unfair business tactics

13. Federal Reserve System
Established a national banking system
Divided country into 12 districts)
Created a new form of currency (federal reserve notes)
Stabilized banking system as a whole

14. In what ways were the achievements of progressivism limited?
Focused mainly on municipal reform
Did little for tenant and migrant farmers
Did not really help nonunionized workers
Did little to help African Americans
Actually help to extend Jim Crow laws
Especially under Woodrow Wilson