I. ROOSEVELT TO WILSON
A. ROOSEVELT
1. Roosevelt was the first Progressive President; his policies were the SQUARE DEAL
a. He took a very active role in business by bringing 44 Anti-trust suits to
break up monopolies.
b. He was active in Conservation and set aside 150 million acres of land , set up irrigation
projects in the west, and established the National Conservation Commission.
2. He was active in Foreign Policy
a. His motto was “Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick”.
b. He had the Panama canal built to create a direct route from the Pacific to the Atlantic
1) Our choices were Nicaragua and Panama.
2) He sent our ships to sit off the coast of Panama during a revolution that would end
in a government favorable to allowing the canal. This was called “gunboat
diplomacy” by his critics.
3) Building started in 1904 and ended in 1914.
4) Many workers died because of illnesses like Yellow Fever.
c. He was the first American to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
1) He won in 1906
2) It was for negotiating a peace treaty between Russia and Japan.
d. He added the ROOSEVELT COROLLARY to the Monroe Doctrine.
1) It said the U.S. has the right to intervene between Europe and the Western
Hemisphere even in domestic affairs to maintain order.
2) This made us the “International Police Power.”
3) This expanded our role in the Central America and the Caribbean.
B. TAFT
1. He was a very big man (320 pounds) who actually got stuck in the White House bathtub one time.
2. He relied on “Dollar Diplomacy” to control other countries through monetary aid.
3. During his Presidency 2 amendments were passed:
a. 16th—It established the income tax
b. 17th—It set up direct election of senators
C. WILSON
1. Was elected in 1912 in an election with 4 major candidate:
a. Taft (Republican)
b. Wilson (Democrat)
c. T. Roosevelt (Progressive Party= Bull Moose Party)
d. Debs (Socialist )
2. He sees everything as black or white, no gray area. His way is the right way.
3. Known for “Moral Diplomacy”
4. Appointed the first Jewish Member of the Supreme Court—Louis Brandeis
5. Appointed William Jennings Bryan as his Secretary of State.
6. Tampico Incident
a. He didn’t like the Mexican Dictator Huerta (one in a long series)
b. Used the arrest of American sailors in Tampico, Mexico, as a reason to send in Marines and
overthrow this government.
1. Who was the first Progressive President? What did he do to break up monopolies?
2. How did he show his dedication to conservation?
3. What was his motto?
4. Give an example of “gunboat diplomacy”/
5. Who was the first American to win the Nobel Prize?
6. What did the Roosevelt Corollary say? What document was it attached to?
7. What is Dollar Diplomacy?
8. What did the 16th and 17th Amendments do?
9. Who ran against Wilson in 1912 and what party did each of them belong to?
10. Who was the first Jewish member of the Supreme Court? Who was Wilson’s Secretary of State?