Name_________________________________________ Date _______________________ MOD___________________
United States History
Section 8:5
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Objectives
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Evaluate what Wilson hoped to do with his “New Freedom” program.
Describe Wilson’s efforts to regulate the economy.
Assess the legacy of the Progressive Era.
[Slide 2]
Terms and People
• ______________________ – Progressive Democrat elected President in 1912
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______________________ – Wilson’s program to place strict government controls on corporations
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______________________ – gave Congress the power to impose an income tax
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______________________ – placed the national banks under the control of a Federal Reserve Board
[Slide 3]
• ______________________ – group appointed by the President to monitor business practices that might lead to
a monopoly
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______________________ – strengthened anti-trust laws by spelling out specific practices in which businesses
could not engage
[Slide 4]
What steps did Wilson take to increase the government’s role in the economy?
Woodrow ___________________used the _____________________________________________________
agenda.
__________________________________________________________________________in American life today.
[Slide 5]
In ___________, the _________________________ was ________ between __________________ who backed
Theodore ____________ and those loyal to incumbent William Howard _______________________.
The
split
allowed
Woodrow
___________,
the
___________, to win easily in the Electoral College, though
he did not receive a majority of the popular votes.
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[Slide 6]
______________________
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served as a college professor and President of Princeton University
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served as Governor of New Jersey with a Progressive agenda
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was the first southerner elected President in almost sixty years
[Slide 7]
______________felt that ______________________________________________________________. His
________________ plan was _________________________________________________. It called for strict
government controls over corporations.
Wilson promised to bring down
the “triple wall of privilege,”
tariffs, banks, and trusts.
In 1913, the Underwood
Tariff Act cut tariffs leading
to lower consumer prices.
[Slide 8]
The _______________________ also provided for the creation of a ____________________,
first permitted in 1913, under the newly ratified ____________________________.
Progressives like Wilson felt it was only fair that the
wealthy should pay a higher percentage of their
income in taxes than the poor.
Revenue from the income tax more than offset the
loss of funds from the lowered tariff.
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[Slide 9]
Wilson passed the ________________________. It established a __________________
_______________________________________________________________.
Still in place today, the Federal Reserve protects against any one
person, bank, or region from controlling interest rates.
Previously, a few wealthy bankers could manipulate interest rates for their own profit.
[Slide 10]
Wilson strengthened antitrust laws. Like Roosevelt,
he focused on trusts that used unfair practices.
The ______________________________ was created in 1914 to
monitor businesses to prevent monopolies, false advertising, and
dishonest labeling.
Still in effect today, the ______________________________________
________________________________________________.
[Slide 11]
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In 1914, the ____________
Like Roosevelt, Wilson only _______________
______________________________________.
____________ defined
specific activities in which
businesses could not engage.
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The ___________________ also __________
_____________ from being defined as trusts,
allowing them more freedom to organize.
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[Slide 12]
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In 1916, the ________________________________
provided wages for temporarily disabled civil service
employees.
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In 1916, the ____________________ provided an
____________ passed
several _______________
that _________________.
______________________ for railway workers.
_______________________________________________________________________.
[Slide 13]
Wilson did not always support workers, as shown in the ________________________.
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In ______, _____________ went on _____________ in Ludlow, Colorado.
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The _______________ their ___________ and _________________________________.
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Workers set up tents outside the company.
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The Colorado __________________________. The Guardsmen fired on the tents and
________________________.
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_____________________________________________________________.
[Slide 14]
_____________________________________________________________________.
Political reforms included the:
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_______________________
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_______________________
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_______________________
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_______________________
Progressive reforms gave Americans
more:
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protection
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control over private lives
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control over businesses
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[Slide 15]
Progressive Era Legislation and Amendments
_________________________ (1890)
National Reclamation Act (1902)
Outlawed monopolies and practices that
restrained trade
Provided for ___________________ in
arid Western states
Elkins Act (1903)
Imposed ________________________
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Hepburn Act (1906)
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__________________________(1906)
__________________________(1906)
_________________________ (1913)
Provided federal inspection of packing
plants and meat sold across state lines
Provided federal inspection of foods,
medicines for purity.
Gave Congress the power to collect an
income tax
[Slide 16]
Progressive Era Legislation and Amendments
________________________(1913)
Underwood Tariff Act (1913)
Provided for the direct election of Senators
by the voters of each state
___________________________________
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_________________________ (1913)
_________________________ (1914)
_________________________(1914)
_________________________(1919)
_________________________ (1920)
Created the Federal Reserve Board to
oversee banks and reserve funds
Established the Federal Trade Commission
to monitor business
Spelled out specific activities that
businesses can not engage in
Banned the making, selling, or transporting
of alcoholic beverages
Gave women the right to vote in all
elections
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[Slide 17]
Progressive _______________________________________________
has impacted our environment including ______________________
_______________________.
Progressive ___________________ profoundly ____________________
including ___________________________________________________.
_________________________________________________________.
[Slide 18]
______________________ involving dishonest sellers, unfair employment practices,
and problems in schools, cities, the environment, and public health.
___________________________________________________________________.
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