Transcript Progressives in the White House

Progressives in the White
House
Chapter 22, Section 3
p. 638-643
TEDDY ROOSEVELT
• T. Roosevelt becomes prez after McKinley
is assassinated on 9-14-1901
• Youngest person to become U.S. prez (42)
• Republican
• Long history of public service (NY legAsst. Secretary of the Navy)
TR as president
• Reputation for being a Trustbuster
• Broke up several trusts: Northern
Securities Co., Standard Oil Co., American
Tobacco Co
• Supported labor-1902 PA mine strikeordered mine owners to negotiate with
workers
• Square Deal-everyone should have the
same opportunity to succeed
• 1906 ICC gets power to set railroad rates
• 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act-required
food and drug makers to list ingredients on
packages
• Conservationist-194k acres of land set
aside for national parks
Roosevelt to Taft
• TR endorses William H. Taft for prez in
1908
• Taft wins election
Taft Administration
• Broke up more trusts than TR (+)
• Approved new safety measures in mines
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• 8 hour workday for govt workers (+)
• Child labor issues addressed (+)
• Raised tariffs (-)
• Fired Forest Service official (-)
1912 Election
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Taft-Republican
TR-Bull Moose
Woodrow Wilson-Democrat
Wilson wins b/c Republican party is split
Wilson Administration
• New Freedom-breaking trusts into smaller
companies to promote competition
• Lowered 1909 tariff
• Passed graduated income tax
• 1913 Federal Reserve Act-set up system
of federal banks…govt has power to lower
and increase interest rates
• Federal Trade Commission (FTC)-estb
1914-power to investigate company
practices
• Clayton Antitrust Act-1914…stronger than
SATA
• Most reforms end in 1914…why???