US vs. Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson

US vs. Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson Who is a “Progressive President”

Three Presidents have claimed to be a Progressive President. You are a judge in the court of history and must decide.

Format • Each president will state their case based on their accomplishments • You will form an opinion based on the four goals for the progressive movement. • You will express your opinion in an essay that discusses how your choice for Progressive President fulfills each goal.

Goals of Progressivism 1. 2. 3. 4.

Protect social welfare Promote moral improvement Create economic reform Foster efficiency

Theodore Roosevelt • Settlement of 1902

• Pushed passage of

coal strike favoring workers but did not recognize union • Filed 44 suits against businesses under Sherman Anti-Trust Act • Elkins and Hepburn acts strengthen ICC

Meat Inspection and Pure Food and Drug Acts • Set aside lands for National parks, and preserves • Commerce and Labor Depts. established

William H. Taft • “Busted” twice as

• Standard Oil Co. was

many trusts as Roosevelt. • Payne-Aldrich Tariff which lowered overall rates* • Mann-Elkins Act strengthened the ICC placed telephone and telegraph under ICC

successfully prosecuted • 16th Amendment ratified—income tax

Woodrow Wilson • Passage of Underwood • Child Labor Laws Tariff—lowering rate • 17th,18th,and 19th • Federal Reserve Act— amendments passed created a central banking system • Federal Trade Commission • Clayton Anti-trust Act