Transcript The Spirit of Reform - Webutuck Social Studies 8

The Spirit of Reform
By
Victoria Woodruff
&
Kenzie Coulthard
Theodore Roosevelt
How did President Roosevelt try to
balance the needs of both business and
labor?
 What did Roosevelt do to regulate
businesses and railroads?
 Why did Roosevelt and others contribute
to the conservation movement?
 How old was Roosevelt when he became
president?
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Theodore Roosevelt
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Hometown: New York
City
Born: October 28th 1858
Presidency: 1901-1909
Death: January 6th 1919
(Died in sleep at
Sagamore Hill of arterial
blood clot age 60 )
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Roosevelt (ct.)
Attended Harvard College
 Before presidency:
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New York Assembly (youngest man to be elected
for the assembly)
Age at Inauguration: 42
 After presidency:
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Back to politics
Accomplishments (During
Presidency)
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Square Deal
(Plan for government to treat everyone fairly.)
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National Park Service
(Supervised the national parks and monuments.)
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Pure Food and Drug Act
(Banned the manufacture, sale, or transportation of mislabeled
food and drugs.)
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He brought managers and strikers of the
Pennsylvania coal miners’ strike of 1902
together for an arbitration. (formal meeting to talk
about and settle disagreements)
Balancing Act
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Roosevelt regulates business
Sherman Anti Trust Act
 “Trust Buster”
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Roosevelt helps the common man
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Passes and creates the Square Deal
 Everyone
to be treated equally
Accomplishments
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Established national
parks
National Monuments
Devils Tower
Grand Canyon
Mount Olympus
Muirwoods
Noble Peace Prize
Favored the
Conservation (protection of
nature)
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William Howard Taft
How was William Howard Taft’s
administration similar to and different from
Roosevelt’s administration?
 Why did progressives turn against
President Taft in the 1912 election?
 What events took place during the election
of 1912?
 Why do you think that Taft felt he had to
support Ballinger?
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William Howard Taft
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1857-1930
Hometown: Cincinatti,
Ohio
Presidency: 19091913
Yale University &
Cincinatti Law School
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Accomplishments
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Dollar Diplomacy
(Use Military + Diplomacy to promote US business interests
overseas)
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The Payne-Aldrich Tariff was passed. It
lowered many tariffs but raised others. Both
Democrats & Republicans criticized it.
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Sixth Amendment passed.
Before/After Presidency
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Other Occupations:
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After Presidency:
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Assistant Prosecutor
Judge (Ohio Supreme
Court)
U.S. Soldier General
U.S. Circuit Course
Judge
Governor of Philippines
Secretary of War
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Professor of Law at Yale
Many books published
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During Wilson’s Presidency
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Underwood Tariff Act
(Led to he lowest tariff rating in many years)
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Sixteenth Amendment passed
(Allowed the federal government to pass a tax on people’s
incomes)
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Federal Reserve Act
(Created a national banking system)
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Clayton Antitrust Act
(Made federal laws against monopolies stronger)