Presidential Politics During the Progressive Era
Timeline Freewrite Examining the timeline you created… Choose one event from each category and explain why and how it is the most significant. Discuss each event or reform in a separate paragraph using Formal, objective historical writing Specific historical references to support your claim
Remember… What distinguished the Progressive Era from earlier eras with regard to government involvement? What does “progressive” mean? Take Note…. What are similarities among these three presidents?
Theodore Roosevelt (Republican) (1901-1909)
DIRECTIONS Find a partner and get a text book (see pages 341-359). Look up underlined term you are assigned in text. Discuss with partner and figure out how the image & term are related. Be prepared to explain 1) the relationship between term and image to the class when called upon and 2) the point the cartoonist or photographer is making.
Square Deal & 1902 Coal Strike “Trusts & Railroads” #1
Elkins & Hepburn Acts #2
Conservation & Preservation TR & John Muir at Yosemite #3
Northern Securities Case #4
Meat Inspection Act & Pure Food & Drug Act #5
William Howard Taft (Republican) (1909-1913)
#6 Taft’s Progressive Policies
#7 Payne-Aldrich Tariff
“Bull Moose” Party #8
1912 Presidential Election
Woodrow Wilson (Democrat) (1913-1921)
Clayton Antitrust Act #9
16th Amendment #10
#11 - Federal Reserve System
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) #12