Chapter 18 Section 3
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Chapter 18 Section 3
Progressivism Under Taft and Wilson
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Conservationist
• People who favor the protection of natural resources
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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What reforms did Woodrow Wilson seek?
• Reduce tariffs• Eliminating trusts• Overhaul of American
banking• Impose federal limits on
child labor
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Clayton Antitrust Act
• Legalized unions and strikes, limited the issuing of injunctions against unions
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Federal Trade Commission
• Worked to eliminate unfair business tactics
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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
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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