1. US vs. Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson
Who is a “Progressive President”

2. Three Presidents have claimed to be a Progressive President
Three Presidents have claimed to be a Progressive President. You are a judge in the court of history and must decide.

3. Format
Each president will state their case based on their accomplishments
You will form an opinion based on the four goals for the progressive movement.
You will express your opinion in an essay that discusses how your choice for Progressive President fulfills each goal.

4. Goals of Progressivism
Protect social welfare
Promote moral improvement
Create economic reform
Foster efficiency

5. Theodore Roosevelt
Settlement of 1902 coal strike favoring workers but did not recognize union
Filed 44 suits against businesses under Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Elkins and Hepburn acts strengthen ICC
Pushed passage of Meat Inspection and Pure Food and Drug Acts
Set aside lands for National parks, and preserves
Commerce and Labor Depts. established

6. William H. Taft “Busted” twice as many trusts as Roosevelt.
Payne-Aldrich Tariff which lowered overall rates*
Mann-Elkins Act strengthened the ICC placed telephone and telegraph under ICC
Standard Oil Co. was successfully prosecuted
16th Amendment ratified—income tax

7. Woodrow Wilson Passage of Underwood Tariff—lowering rate
Federal Reserve Act—created a central banking system
Federal Trade Commission
Clayton Anti-trust Act
Child Labor Laws
17th,18th,and 19th amendments passed