1. Presidents Up to This Point….
Ulysses S. Grant
Spoils system
Rutherford B. Hayes
Tried to fix spoils system, but couldn’t so he quit after 1 term
1880 James A. Garfield
Wanted to create Civil Service Exam, but was shot and killed
Chester A. Arthur
Grover Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
William McKinley
All have a very hard time making America more Progressive.
1900
McKinley Runs for re-election

2. Teddy Takes Office September 6, 1901
President McKinley gets shot at the Pan-Am Exposition
Shot by unemployed laborer
At 42, Teddy Roosevelt takes office.
Youngest president up to this point

3. Roosevelt’s Approach to the Oval Office
During Gilded Age
Politicians took a “hands off” approach to government
Teddy changes that
Believed in the “bully pulpit”
President has the right to speak out on issues

4. Teddy R. Reforms America
Arbitration
Elkins Act
Hepburn Act
Meat Inspection Act
Pure Food and Drug Act

5. Practices of Food and Drug Companies
1900 Food companies
Scientists were adding substances to food to make it look healthy
Formaldehyde was added to old eggs to take away odor
Skim milk churned with spoiled butter to make it look new.
1900 Drug Companies
Sold worthless medicines that had drugs in them like
Cocaine
morphine

6. Protecting the Consumer
Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle
Explosive novel that depicted the unsanitary conditions of a meatpacking industry.
“We saw meat shoveled from filthy floors, piled on tables, and then packaged”

7. Protecting the Environment
1902 Roosevelt passes Newlands Reclamation Act
Reclamation
The process of making damaged land productive again

11. QUICKWRITE
Which of Roosevelt’s reforms do you think was most vital (important) in transforming America? Explain your reasoning.

12. Reform Under Taft
10.3 US History

13. 1908 Presidential Election
Republican William Howard Taft (Ohio)
Supported by Roosevelt
Believed Taft was just like him.
Democrats elect W.J. Bryan again….
Taft wins!

14. 1910 Mann-Elkins Act
Taft extends the powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) to cover
Telephones
Telegraph companies

15. 16th Amendment Taft gets Congress to pass the 16th Amendment
Permitted Congress to levy taxes based on an individual’s income.
Based on graduated income tax

16. Taft Angers Roosevelt
Taft approved the sale of Alaskan timberland to a business for profit
Teddy Roosevelt finds out while on safari in Africa.
Roosevelt decides to run again for President!

17. Roosevelt campaigns in 1912 for President
While campaigning, he gets shot during a speech
Finishes speech with bullet lodged in his chest!

18. Election of 1912 Republican President Taft Progressive Party Roosevelt
Made of republicans who support TR
Aka “Bull Moose Party”
Democrat Woodrow Wilson
Socialist Eugene V. Debs

19. Wilson Wins in landslide!
Ran on the New Freedom platform
Made proposals to help small businesses
Help get rid of big business

21. 10.3 Review
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ANSWER p.314 #1,3