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Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Progressive Politics
Video
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Theodore Roosevelt
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Youngest President in
American history - 42
President from 1901 to
1909.
“Trust Buster” and
Progressive.
The Square Deal
Coal Strike of 1902
Protect Public Health
Regulate
Transportation
 Conserve the nation’s
resources
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Coal Strike of 1902
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Coal Strike
of 1902
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Trust Busting
United Mine Workers
struck for better pay
and hours.
Mine owners locked
them out of mines,
threatening the
nation’s heating
supply.
TR brought two sides
together to arbitrate.
TR threatened use of
the army if owners
would not negotiate.
Trust Busting
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Trust Busting
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Roosevelt’s reputation
for breaking up large
corporations.
He actually thought
trusts could be useful,
more competitive, and
lower prices.
Used “Gentleman’s
Agreement” to leave
JP Morgan’s U.S. Steel
intact.
Regulation instead of
break-up
Upton Sinclair
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Upton Sinclair
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Upton Sinclair
Wrote The Jungle in
1906, which
exposed the
unsanitary
conditions of the
meatpacking
industry.
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Meat Inspection Act
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Meat Inspection Act
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Meat Inspection Act
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1906 law that
required federal
inspection of meat
shipped across
state lines
Required standards
of cleanliness in
meatpacking plants
Pure Food and Drug
Act
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Pure Food and Drug
Act
Pure Food and Drug
Act
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John Muir
John Muir
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Forbid the
manufacture, sale,
and shipment of
impure or falsely
labeled food and
drugs.
Law gave USDA
enforcement power
Another change in
relationship
between govt. and
business.
American naturalist
who believed in
protecting wild
places.
Convinced TR to use
presidential power
for environmental
conservation.
Lobbied for the
creation of Yosemite
National Park
National Park
Service
Yosemite National
Park
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National Park
Service
National Park
Service
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National Park
Service
TR protected over
148 million acres as
National Parks
NPS created in 1916
to administer the
system of parks.
William H. Taft
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William H. Taft
William H. Taft
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TR’s handpicked
successor, won
election in 1908
Busted more trusts
than TR and
finished Panama
Canal project
But TR decided Taft
had betrayed
progressive ideals
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Progressive Party
Progressive Party
Progressive Party
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Progressive Party
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Woodrow Wilson
Reform party that
broke from the
Republicans .
Nominated TR in
1912 for president
Referred to as the
Bull Moose Party
Taft ran again to
preserve party, vote
was split, electing
the Democrat…
Woodrow Wilson
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Elected President in
1912 as a reformer
Promised “New
Freedom”
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Woodrow Wilson
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Tame big business
More Competition
No special
privileges
16th Amendment
Previous jobs as
professor and
Governor of New
Jersey
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16th Amendment
16th Amendment
Permits Congress
to levy taxes based
on an individual’s
income.
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Created a system where
the tax rate is dependent
on income.
Those with a higher
income are taxed at a
higher rate than those
with a lower income.
Federal Reserve Act
Federal Reserve Act
Federal Reserve Act
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Act that created a
board to manage
the nation’s
economy through
monetary policy.
Can adjust money
supply
Low interest rates =
more borrowing.
High interest rates
= slower economy
and less inflation
Clayton Antitrust
Act
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Clayton Antitrust
Act
Clayton Antitrust
Act
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Clayton Antitrust
Act
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1914 law that
strengthened the
Sherman Antitrust
Act by clearly
defining a
monopoly and
trust.
Prohibited price
discrimination.
Keating-Owen Child
Labor Act
Keating-Owen Child
Labor Act
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Keating-Owen Child
Labor Act
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1916 law that
outlawed the
interstate sale of
products produced
by child labor
Declared
unconstitutional by
the Supreme Court
in 1918. Court felt
the law was beyond
power of Congress
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Niagara Movement
Niagara Movement
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Niagara Movement
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1905 – W.E.B du
Bois and 28
African-American
leaders met at
Niagara Falls, NY.
Demanded voting
rights be respected
and their full rights
as American
citizens be
recognized
NAACP
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NAACP
NAACP
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1906 – founding of
National
Association for the
Advancement of
Colored People
Used court system
to fight civil rights
restrictions across
the U.S.
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Realism
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Jack London
White Fang
 Call of the Wild
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Popular during the
late 19th and early
20th centuries
Art and literature
depicting things as
they really are.
Reflected social
changes brought
about by
industrialization
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Mark Twain
Tom Sawyer
Huckleberry Finn
 Seems like a kid’s
story, but…
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 Huck’s father is a drunk
who beats him.
 On the river, he learns
to value people based
on their ability.
 Escaped slave is one of
few trustworthy people
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Nature vs Civilization
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James Whistler
Realistic images of
human beings.
“Whistler’s Mother”
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