Transcript Teddy Roosevelt:

Progressive
Presidents:
Responses to the
problems of the
Gilded Age
Teddy Roosevelt:
 Youngest
president
 Active presidentexpanded
executive power
Presidential Accomplishments:
 Domestic
 The

Issues:
Square Deal- Business Reg
The Three C’s
 Foreign
 Big
Policy
Stick
Control of the Corporations
Trust busting:
 Railroad regulations

Northern Securities/ Hepburn
 Dept
of Commerce and Labor
to eliminate corporate abuses
Consumer Protection
 To

improve the standards of living
Good for labor and management
 1906-
Pure Food and Drug
Act– inspired by publication
of The Jungle
Conservation of Resources
 Expansion
of National Parks
 To keep wilderness in its
natural state
 National Conservation
Commission National Park
Service
Foreign Policy:
Roosevelt
Corollary
Big Stick Policy
Secure borders
William Howard
Taft
Next Generation
Progressive?
Career:
Lawyer/ judge
 Gov of Philippines
 Secretary of War
 President of the
US
 Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court

Domestic Policy:
Business Regulation:
Two times more trust busting/
regulations than TR
 More
conservation, too
Problem:

More conservative than TR- are the
reforms legal???
Moved SLOWLY

Anti progressive? Fired Pinchot


New TARIFF for big business
Anti Conservative? Won’t fight Dem
Speaker of the House
Foreign Policy:
Dollar
Diplomacy
 Encourage
investment to
promote dev’t and stability

To keep out of war?
 More
intervention than TR