1. Bel l Ringer
What impact would Roosevelt’s policies have on consumer protection in America?

2. LEQ: How will Progressive reforms continue under Taft & Wilson?

3. Progressivism under Taft
William Howard Taft worked to secure Roosevelt’s reforms
Created a Labor Department
Increased national forest reserves

4. Progressivism under Taft
Sixteenth Amendment
Granted Congress the power to taxes based on individual income

5. Trouble in Taft’s Presidency
Lost support of most of the Progressive Republicans
Signed the Payne-Aldrich Tariff
Progressives believed Taft was not committed to conservation

6. Now Let’s See It!

7. The Republican Party Splits
Election of 1912
Republican party nominated Taft
Progressives split to form the New Progressives (Bull Moose party) with Roosevelt as candidate

8. The Republican Party Splits
With the Republicans split, Democrat Woodrow Wilson easily took the election

9. Wilson’s New Freedom Reform plan
Called for tariff reductions, banking reform and stronger antitrust legislation

10. Wilson’s New Freedom Underwood Tariff Act (1913)
Lowered taxes to their lowest level in 50 years
Introduced a graduated income tax

11. Banking Reform Federal Reserve Act (1913)
Created a central fund from which banks could borrow to prevent collapse during a financial panic
Banking system under the supervision of the federal government

12. Banking Reform Created a 3-tier banking system: 1. Federal Reserve
2. Federal Reserve banks (12)
3. Private banks

13. Stronger Antitrust Laws
Clayton Antitrust Laws (1914)
Prohibited companies from buying stock in competing companies in order to form a monopoly
Made strikes, boycotts, and peaceful picketing legal

14. Stronger Antitrust Laws
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Enforced antitrust laws and was tough on companies that used deceptive advertising
Could undertake special investigations of businesses

15. Wilson and Suffrage
National Woman’s Party focused on passing a federal constitutional amendment
New tactics
Picketing the White House
Hunger strikes

16. Wilson and Suffrage
Participation of women in WWI helped weaken opposition to suffrage
19th amendment- women gained the right to vote

17. Progressivism and the Rights of African Americans
African American rights still limited
Brownsville Incident
WWI helped end the Progressive movement
People were more interested in war than reform