1. AP US History
Segment 2 Week 4

2. Objectives this Week
6.01 The Progressives Quiz

3. 6.01 Quiz Make sure you understand the following topics:
Women in the workplace
Consumer protection laws
Pure Food and Drug Act
Maternalist reforms-improve the living standards of poor women. State aid to women of young children who lacked male support
Theodore Roosevelt “New nationalism” speech
Clayton Act
Sherman Act
Wilson vs Roosevelt platforms during the 1912 election
Woodrow Wilson “New Freedom” speech
Role of government during the Progressive Act

4. Progressive Presidents
Teddy Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson
Ending laissez-faire, and create a larger federal government

5. Pure Food Muckraker Upton Sinclair “The Jungle”
Pure Food and Drug Act of Banned the sale of adulterated goods

6. Trustbusters
Federal government would check the power of big business and protect the public
Clayton Antitrust Act- Exempt Labor Unions from being labeled as monopolistic and barred courts from stopping their right to strike

7. 1912 Election
W. Taft, T. Roosevelt, W.Wilson, and Socialist Eugene V. Debs
Wilson (New Freedom- strengthen antitrust laws, protecting workers right to unionize) vs Roosevelt (New Nationalism-heavy taxes on personal and corporate fortune, federal regulation of industries- railroads, mining, oil)

8. Any Questions?
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