1. Progressive Presidents:
Responses to the problems of the
Gilded Age

2. Teddy Roosevelt: Youngest president
Active president- expanded executive power

3. Presidential Accomplishments:
Domestic Issues:
The Square Deal- Business Reg
The Three C’s
Foreign Policy
Big Stick

4. Control of the Corporations
Trust busting:
Railroad regulations
Northern Securities/ Hepburn
Dept of Commerce and Labor to eliminate corporate abuses

5. Consumer Protection
To improve the standards of living
Good for labor and management
1906- Pure Food and Drug Act– inspired by publication of The Jungle

6. Conservation of Resources
Expansion of National Parks
To keep wilderness in its natural state
National Conservation Commission National Park Service

7. Foreign Policy:
Roosevelt Corollary
Big Stick Policy
Secure borders

8. Next Generation Progressive?
William Howard Taft
Next Generation Progressive?

9. Career: Lawyer/ judge Gov of Philippines Secretary of War
President of the US
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

10. Business Regulation: Two times more trust busting/ regulations than TR
Domestic Policy:
Business Regulation: Two times more trust busting/ regulations than TR
More conservation, too

11. Problem:
More conservative than TR- are the reforms legal??? Moved SLOWLY
Anti progressive? Fired Pinchot
New TARIFF for big business
Anti Conservative? Won’t fight Dem Speaker of the House

12. Foreign Policy: Dollar Diplomacy
Encourage investment to promote dev’t and stability
To keep out of war?
More intervention than TR