Chapter 29 AFFLUENCE AND ANXIETY America Past & Present.
“I don’t like politics… I don’t like the limelight.” ~William Howard Taft.
PROGRESSIVE ERA (20 TH CENTURY). WHAT WAS THE PROGRESSIVE ERA? First 2 decades of the 20 th Century the politics of the period was dominated by reformers.
Theodore Roosevelt 1901-1909 Theodore Roosevelt Became president after assassination of President McKinley in 1901 Known as a “modern president” Believed.
Section 1: The Roots of Progressivism The era lasted from the 1890’s to the 1920’s It was based around fixing the problems of the gilded age and industrialization.
Progressivism under Taft and Wilson
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Progressive era
Progressive Politics and the Election of 1912
Ch. 15 sec. 2 Roosevelt and Taft. Roosevelt Revives the Presidency Roosevelt was a Social Darwinist, believed U.S. was in competition with other Nations,
