1. Prompt #10
What does it mean to be a “progressive”?

2. Progressive Presidents
Chart, pg. 396

3. 1912 Election

4. Teddy Roosevelt Strong personality
Range of interests: hunting, explorer, soldier, author, naturalist
McKinley assassinated
1901: Youngest President (42)

5. TR’s Record Presidential term: 1901-1909 Accomplishments:
National Reclamation Act (1902)—irrigation
United States Forest Service (1905)—land and water use
Pure Food and Drug Act and Meat Inspection Act (1906)—public health

6. Taft’s Presidency Presidential term: 1909-1913
Won easily, but bad start
Conflict over tariffs  ran on platform to lower tariffs
Progressives mad at Taft

7. Taft’s Record Progressive record Reserved more public lands
Brought more antitrust suits in than TR
Supported Children’s Bureau
16th & 17th Amendments
Supported Mann-Elkins Act (1910)—ICC regulations

8. Four Way Election

9. Four Way Election Four-Way Election
Taft, Roosevelt, Wilson, and Eugene Debs
Republican vote split; Wilson takes most electoral votes

10. The Bull Moose Party Roosevelt decides to run
Didn’t win Republican ticket
Creates new party--“I feel fit as a bull moose”

11. The Bull Moose Party Progressive Platform Tariff reduction
Women’s suffrage
More regulation of business
Child labor ban
Eight-hour workday
Federal workers’ compensation system
Direct election of senators

14. Wilson’s Presidency

15. Wilson’s “New Freedom”
Criticized big business and gov’t
Enforce antitrust laws, but keep competition

16. Wilson’s Policies Lower tariffs and taxes Attacking the Trusts
Clayton Antitrust Act (1914)—limited businesses
Set up Federal Trade Commission (FTC)—Monitored unfair practices
The Federal Reserve System (1913)

18. 1912 Election

19. Promote a Prez! - Design a campaign poster for one of the three candidates running during the 1912 election: Roosevelt, Taft, or Wilson - Include: Party platform (what they wanted/did to accomplish during presidency), catchy slogan, pictures/color

20. Limits of Progressivism
Focused on city level issues
Did little for farmers and nonunionized workers
Favored immigration limits
Social Justice
Wilson—allowed Jim Crow Laws in gov’t
TR refused to seat black delegates
GOOD: 1909  NAACP formed