Progressive Presidents Theodore Roosevelt (R) William Taft (R) Woodrow Wilson (D)
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Progressive Presidents
Theodore Roosevelt (R)
William Taft (R)
Woodrow Wilson (D)
T. Roosevelt• Square Deal - interests of
business leaders, laborers (workers), and consumers should be balanced
• Trustbuster - Broke up trusts he considered to be unfair
• Pure Food and Drug Act - response to The Jungle. Stopped sale of contaminated or mislabeled food and drugs
T. Roosevelt• Meat Inspection Act -
Inspection of meat packing plants is required
• Conservation - wanted to save natural resources
• Doubles number of national parks, starts 51 wildlife refuges
William Howard Taft (1908 - 12)
• Hand picked by Roosevelt to succeed him in 1908
• Complained that TR upset the balance of the three branches
• Raised the tariff to protect businesses
Taft (1908 - 1912)• Sold public lands
(parks) to businesses
• Upset TR and other progressives
Election of 1912• TR decides to run
against Taft because he was mad at Taft
• Taft is Republican• Woodrow Wilson is
Democrat• TR Starts Bull
Moose party - splits vote
• Wilson wins
Woodrow Wilson (1912 - 1916)
• Underwood Tariff Act - created an income tax to pay for govt. stuff
• Federal Reserve Act - National bank to control sudden changes in the economy
Woodrow Wilson (1912 -1916)
• Clayton Anti-Trust Act - Strengthen laws against monopolies
• Federal Trade Commission - can investigate unfair business practices