1. Progressive Presidents
Chapter 17

2. Prog. Presidents Theodore Roosevelt William Howard Taft Woodrow Wilson
Republican – and then the progressive (Bull-Moose Party)
William Howard Taft
Republican
Woodrow Wilson
Democrat –

5. Roosevelt
POTUS:
McKinley was assassinated – TR was VP

9. Campaign Slogans TR = “Square Deal” WW = “New Freedom”
What does a square represent?
WW = “New Freedom”
Freedom from???

10. Trusts TR – “Trustbuster” Taft – busted 2x’s more than TR
Good and bad trusts
Taft – busted 2x’s more than TR
Standard Oil
WW – Clayton Antitrust Act – tougher law

12. Tariffs Taft – Payne-Aldrich Act – rose tariffs
WW – Underwood Tariff Act – cut tariffs
Why would lowering tariffs be a progressive law?

14. Graduated income tax

15. Regulation TR – Meat Inspection Act, Pure Food & Drug Act
Wilson – Federal Trade Commission; Federal Reserve Act

21. Federal Reserve Organization

22. Janet Yellen – Head of the Fed

24. Workers TR – 1st POTUS to use arbitration to end Coal Strike of 1902
WW – Workingman’s Compensation Act, Adamson Act (8 hrs)

26. Environment TR – Conservation (Gifford Pinchot) – national parks
Newlands Reclamation Act
Water in the west
Taft – fired Gifford Pinchot – TR = unhappy

27. Preservation vs Conservation
John Muir
Gifford Pinchot

30. 1912 Election
Taft TR
Woodrow Wilson
Eugene Debs
Republican
Progressive/ Bull Party
Democrats
Socialists
Incumbent
Conserv. repubs
3rd term?
Prog. repubs
-Gov. of NJ
Pullman Strike
- Good showing in 1908 election

31. 1912 ELECTION