1. The Progressive Presidents
I will evaluate the impact of the 16th Amendment, evaluate the impact of the Progressive Party, identify the role of government in the establishment of the National Park System, describe the anti-trust acts and the Pure Food and Drug Act, and describe the Federal Reserve Act.
We will research the Progressive Presidents and evaluate their performance using the Progressive Presidents Report Card.
Theodore Roosevelt
Biography
Trust-Buster
Coal Miner’s Strike of 1902
Square Deal
Square Deal Legislation
Meat Inspection Act (1906)
Pure Food and Drug Act (1906)
Regulating Transportation and Communication
Conserving the Nation’s Resources

2. Unpopular with Progressives Wilson’s “New Freedom”
Biography
Accomplishments
Unpopular with Progressives
William Howard Taft
Election of 1912
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Bull Moose Party
Woodrow Wilson
Biography
Wilson’s “New Freedom”
National
Park
Service
Triangle
Shirtwaist
Factory Fire
Underwood
Tariff
Department of
Labor
Wilson’s Legislative Record
Graduated
Income
Tax
Wilson’s Labor Reforms
Clayton
Anti-Trust
Act
Federal
Reserve
Act
Child
Labor
Act
Federal
Trade
Commission
Act