1. U.S. History & Government 11th Grade Boys and Girls 22 May 2019
How was Progressive Agenda Implemented during Taft’s and Wilson’s Presidency?
U.S. History & Government
11th Grade Boys and Girls
22 May 2019

2. Progressive Reform Under Taft
William Howard Taft became president by defeating William Jennings Bryan in 1904
Proceeded cautiously and could not use the presidential Bully Pulpit well
Busted 90 trusts
Payne-Aldrich Tariff made him lose confidence of the Progressives and people.
He also angered the Conservationist by appointing Richard Ballinger as secretary of interior, who removed 1 million acre of forest land from conservationist control

3. Split in Republican Party
Support for political boss Joseph Cannon split Republican party into conservatives and Progressives
Reform republicans and Democrats together removed him from House Committee of Rules
1910 mid-term election republicans lost
In 1912 Roosevelt wanted to rerun for election but Taft was chosen by party delegates
New Party was formed (Bull-Moose Party)
Democrat Woodrow Wilson got elected

4. Wilson’s Reforms Woodrow Wilson Proposed “New Freedom” reform agenda.
Anti-Trust Measure
Clayton Anti-Trust Act of 1914
Prohibited Corporations from acquiring shares of another to create monopoly
Labor Unions and farm organizations were exempted from antitrust laws.
Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914 created Federal Trade Commission
Power to investigate possible violations of regulatory statutes
These two laws broke many trusts, prohibited trust formation and helped the labor

5. New Tax System New Federal Bank
Lowered tariff under Underwood Act of 1913
Federal Income Tax was introduced during world war I, under 16th amendment of the constitution
New Federal Bank
Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve Act of 1913)
Provided loans, issued paper money and controlled their circulation

6. Women’s Suffrage NAWSA formed New York’s Women’s Suffrage Party.
Carrie Catt used 5 tactics:
Painstaking organization
Close ties between local, state, and national workers
Establishing a wide base of support
Cautious lobbying
Gracious lady-like behavior
Had the 19th amendment passed [granted vote to women]

7. Limits of Wilsonian Progressivism
Wilson refused to enact Federal Anti-Lynching laws
He did not help the civil rights movement
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