Theodore Roosevelt/Assumes Presidency After the McKinley Assassination 1901 CCame from a wealthy family in New York and was sickly as a child. NNicknamed the “Trustbuster” in 1902 he ordered his Attorney General to bring a lawsuit against the Northern Securities Company (J.P. Morgan) RRoosevelt later broke up Standard Oil and American Tobacco Company BBull Moose Party

Theodore Roosevelt/The Square Deal SSQUARE DEAL: PProgram that passed laws protecting consumers and prevent false advertising. RRegulated Transportation and Communication. CConserved the nation’s resources (national parks and forests). TTR believed in the “capitalistic system” but believed that the system must be regulated by US Govt.

Other Roosevelt Accomplishments  Meat Inspection Act (Passed After Roosevelt read the Jungle) Forced Meat packing Plants to open their doors to government inspectors  Pure Food and Drug Act required food and drug companies to list all ingredients on their package and monitored untrue claims  First CONSERVATIONIST President  Created 5 Natural Wilderness areas and Convinced Congress to ban lumbering in 150 million acres of Govt. land

Can you name these national parks?

They’re also right here in Texas!

William Howard Taft CChosen by TR to run for Republican nomination WWins the election of 1908 BBusted two times as many trusts as TR TTaft lacks TR’s political skill; loses Progressive support when he backs a high tariff bill

The Taft Tub

Woodrow Wilson/New Freedom LLowers Tariffs FFederal Trade Commission: Could investigate companies and order them to stop using unfair business practices FFederal Reserve Act – regulated and centralized banking NNational Park System 116 th Amendment – personal income tax (graduated)

Populists vs Progressives  Populists ---rural Progressives---cities Populists were poor and uneducated Progressives were middle-class and educated  Populists were too radical  Progressives stayed in the political mainstream.  Populists failed  Progressives succeeded

CONCLUSION: HHow did the “PROGRESSIVE PRESIDENTS” influence Government? UUsed the government as a means to reform & regulate big business/broke up unfair trusts GGovernment regulation/protection for consumers (pure food & drug act) RRegulated the money supply/attempted to add fairness to the tax system PProtected the environment/created the national parks system