1. Roosevelt and Progressivism

2. Roosevelt takes over McKinley was assassinated in 1901 by a anarchist by a anarchist Leon Czolgosz Teddy Roosevelt – at the age of 42 – suddenly became the youngest president in U.S. history

3. Roosevelt’s “Square Deal” \ 1)break up big business monopolies (trusts) 2)protect the environment and public health 3)improve working conditions for factory workers

4. Roosevelt: The Trustbuster Roosevelt saw the need for government to regulate large corporations While he believed that large corporations were an important part of the nation’s prosperity, he also believed that these corporations were hurting workers

5. Conservation T.R. and Conservation Roosevelt declared millions of acres of land as protected national forests, created the national parks system, and urged Americans to conserve their natural resources

6. National Parks started by Teddy Roosevelt

7. Let’s make a deal, Eh?

8. Taft Takes Over Teddy Roosevelt did not run for President in 1908. Instead, he hand-picked his successor in tabbing William Howard Taft.

9. Taft defeats William Jennings Bryan

10. Roosevelt challenges Taft Because Taft had not followed through with many Progressive reforms, in 1912 Roosevelt challenged Taft for the Republican nomination. This caused a split in the Republican Party.

11. T.R. and the Bull Moose Party Upset with the direction that Taft had taken the country, in 1912 Roosevelt ran for an unprecedented third term as President Upset with the direction that Taft had taken the country, in 1912 Roosevelt ran for an unprecedented third term as President. When it became clear that the Republican party was not going to nominate him, TR left the convention and formed the Progressive Party, also known as the Bull Moose Party.

12. Election of 1912 The split between the Republicans opened the door for the Democratic candidate – Woodrow Wilson – to win the election. Teddy Roosevelt Progressive William Howard Taft Republican Woodrow Wilson Democrat Eugene V. Debs Socialist

13. Election of 1912

14. Progressive Era Baseball Cards

15. Directions At the end of class your group will TEACH the class about your figure. Before you get with your partner, in your seat read about your historical figure, silently for 10 minutes. Take notes on what you could put on your card.

16. ` (front) Draw a Picture of the historical figure Figure's Name Quote or Important fact (back) The back of your card should include important events, dates, and information about the figure and why he or she matters to the Progressive Era.

17. Historical Figures -President Theodore Roosevelt (317-325) -President William Taft (328-330) -President Woodrow Wilson (330-337) -Susan B. Anthony and women's suffrage (315- 316) -Upton Sinclair and muckrakers(308,317, 320,327) -W.E.B. DuBois (325, 285, 288) -John Muir and Conservation (322-324, 328)