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Progressive Era Presidents: Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson 15.2 and 15.3
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Learning Target Identify and differentiate between the progressive policies of Theodore Roosevelt, William Taft, and Woodrow Wilson.
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Entry Task Use this process to analyze the following political cartoon: Look at all of the details of the cartoon (pick it apart) Put the individual details together and infer (guess) the message of the cartoon
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Roosevelt’s 3 C’s Corporations: Consumers: Conservation:
Controlling big business – trusts Consumers: Creating laws to protect the consumers from unsafe products Conservation: Protecting our resources through management
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Consumer Protection Meat Inspection Act Pure Food and Drug Act
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Conservation Efforts 100 million acres of protected national forests
5 national parks 51 federal wildlife reservations Crater Lake, OR Mesa Verde, CO
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Progress and Limitations
Citizens expected more involvement from the government in solving economic and social problems. Government failed to address African American reform issues. 1909 – National Association for the Advancement of Colored People W.E.B. Du Bois
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William Howard Taft An even bigger “trust buster” than Roosevelt.
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Taft Hand-picked successor for Theodore Roosevelt
Attacked the “trusts” and increased federal regulations Broke up U.S. Steel Increased tariffs Rejected progressive concerns about environment Fired Gifford Pinchot
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Roosevelt vs. Taft
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Dr. Woodrow Wilson What made it Possible for Such a “proper”
Man to defeat A “BullMoose”?
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Wilson’s New Freedom Federal Reserve Act 16th Amendment
Federal Reserve Board Central banking system 16th Amendment Income tax
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Just Your Thoughts… What would a progressive muckraker try to reform today? Take a moment to summarize your notes by responding to the learning target… “Identify and differentiate between the progressive policies of Theodore Roosevelt, William Taft, and Woodrow Wilson.”
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The Progressive Era Mind Mapping Lesson
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What is a Mind Map?
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How to Create a Mind Map 1. Start in the center (landscape)
2. Use a picture/image for the central idea 3. Add the MAIN branches (use different colors) 4. Add Detailed Branches to the MAIN branches Make the branches curve and flow Use pictures/images throughout Use colors for the different MAIN branches Try to use a single word for each detailed branch
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Grading Rubic Must incorporate information for each category
Each category must include a minimum of one graphic/picture Mind Map must be colored (arms and pictures) Quality of work will be a part of the final grade 24 points total
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Mind Mapping The Progressive Era
Create a branch for each of the following: Progressive Amendments Theodore Roosevelt Muckrakers / The Jungle Temperance Movement / Prohibition Suffrage for Women African Americans Labor Political
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