Progressives in the White House - President William McKinley is shot by an ________________ at the NY World’s Fair in VP Theodore Roosevelt became president *42yrs old = ________________ president to take office *Strong supporter of ___________________ Teddy Roosevelt - Came from wealthy NY family & was embarrassed by how __________________________ - Wanted to end corruption & work for ______________________ - Worked for Civil Service Commission, headed the _____________ department, then became assistant secretary of the Navy (led troops in the SPAM war 1898 = war hero) -Elected Gov. of NY until he became _______ -Mocked by other politicians as a “__________________” for wanting “good government” -Upon taking Presidential office, he pledges to “____________________________________” TR & Big Business - TR sees a difference between good & bad trusts. It’s government’s job to control them or break them * ________: efficient & fair & should be let alone * ____: took advantage of workers & cheated public ____________: a person who wanted to destroy all trusts - TR simply wants to regulate, not “bust” them - He’s the first President to side with labor in a union dispute (mediation is key) TR promises the people a Square Deal: everyone from farmers & consumers to workers & owners should have the same opportunity to succeed. Consumers - Shocked by The Jungle, TR sends newspaper companies copies of government reports exposing meatpacking plant conditions - _______________had exposed drug companies for making false claims about medicine - ___________________________: 1906 passed by Congress- requires food & drug makers to list ingredients on packages. - It worked to end false advertising & impure ingredients Resources -_______________________= drain on natural resources -TR supports ______________________: protection of natural resources - New trees planted where they were uprooted/ mining is controlled to not waste coal - 194,000 acres set aside for national parks - ____________________: area set aside for people to visit, run by the federal government Taft & Progressives - TR didn’t want to run for reelection in 1908 – he backs William Howard Taft (his secretary of War) - Taft held the same values, but didn’t approach politics how TR did – doesn’t have as many followers

1912: 3-Way Election - TR comes back from hunting trips in Africa to see Taft isn’t doing too well - He runs against ________for Republican nomination *Taft is current Republican President (he wins the vote of the presidential convention) ___________________________: Republicans in support of Teddy Roosevelt - Progressive Republicans are annoyed at convention results & sets up a new party with TR as their candidate *He feels proud & says “_______________________________” *This new party becomes known as the ________________________ - Democrats chose ____________________(Progressive) as their candidate *Known as a brilliant scholar & a cautious reformer - TR & Taft were more popular BUT they __________ the Republican vote *This division = more solid votes for ________________ A New Freedom - ________________: President Wilson’s program to break up trusts and restore American economic competition - ______________________: 1913 Congress – sets up a system of federal banks. Gave government the power to raise or lower interest rates & control the money supply Regulating Competition Federal Trade Commission: __________ – 1914 – power to investigate companies & order them to stop using unfair practices to destroy competitors