1. The Progressive Era

2. President Roosevelt
After McKinley's assassination, Teddy Roosevelt became the youngest president to ever serve at the age of 42
He was as energetic as ever and brought that energy to the presidency
Teddy believed that the government should be a mediator for conflicts in order to bring order to American society

3. Trust Buster What is a trust?
Roosevelt became known as a trust buster for his work at eliminating the trusts that ran the country
He enforced the Sherman Anti-Trust Act that made trusts illegal

4. Teddy the Hunter and Conservationist
Teddy Roosevelt was an avid hunter
He was also very concerned with the preservation of nature
While he was president, he created the Antiquities Act which protected national parks and monuments
He created 5 national parks, and 18 national monuments including the Grand Canyon
He also set aside bird sanctuaries, game refuges, and over 100 million acres of national forests

6. Conservationists
Conservation was an early movement to try to protect nature
It was about conserving or saving what nature America already had
The railroads and lumber industry were deforesting huge portions of the west

7. John Muir
Born in Scotland, his family moved to Wisconsin when he was young
He studied botany and geology and hiked all across the Westcoast
He loved nature and believed that God was revealed through it
Muir was a huge advocate for protecting the Petrified Forest, the Grand Canyon, Yosemite, and other natural wonders
He went camping with Teddy Roosevelt and convinced him to protect Yosemite Valley

9. Muir Woods

10. Gifford Pinchot Similar upbringing to Teddy Roosevelt
Pinchot’s father encouraged him to take up forestry but there was no forestry school in America
He went to France to learn
Roosevelt named him chief of the division of Forestry
Founder of the Forest Service and the forestry schools in America

11. Gifford Pinchot
"Without natural resources life itself is impossible.”

12. Passenger Pigeon
They were once the most numerous bird species in the Americas and maybe the world
Their flocks could be as large as about 130 million
When the flocks passed overhead, they blotted out the sun and it would take hours for the whole flock to pass
Men would just shoot into the sky and hit something
They were killed faster than they could reproduce so the flocks dwindled until they disappeared entirely
The last of the passenger Pigeons died in the Cincinnati Zoo in 1914

14. Ladies Hats
Women during this time period also like to wear birds on their hats
Many species were almost decimated because of this practice

18. Social Reform Group projects:
You will need to include in your presentation:
the problem
the people or actions taken to help solve the problem
the impact this reform had on American society
All group members will be a part of the class presentation.

19. Suffragists –Homework
Go to web resources on my website and watch the videos and read the article on Jeannette Rankin