Post on 23-Jun-2015
The Progressive Presidents
Theodore RooseveltWilliam Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Promised the American people a “Square Deal”◦ Promise to keep the
wealthy and powerful from taking advantage of small business owners and the poor
Theodore Roosevelt (Pres. From 1900 – 1909)
Filed anti-trust lawsuits
Elkins Act Hepburn Act Meat Inspection
Act Pure Food and
Drug Act
Business Reforms
Arbitration in Pennsylvania United Mine Workers strike
Labor Reforms
Withdrew public land from sale
Created national parks
Newlands Reclamation Act
National Conservation Commission
Conservation
Was Roosevelt’s Secretary of War
Expected to carry on many of Teddy Roosevelt’s reforms
Set his own agenda
William Howard Taft (Pres. From 1909-1913)
Filed twice as many anti-trust suits (than T. Roosevelt)
Mann-Elkins Act Payne Aldrich Tariff
Business Reforms
Department of Labor
Mine safety laws 8 hour workday for
Railroad workers
Labor
Restored Alaska land to the U.S. Forest Service
Conservation
President of Harvard
Took advantage of split in Republican party
Promised New Freedom – place strict controls on businesses
Woodrow Wilson (Pres. From 1913-1921)
Underwood Tariff Act
Federal Reserve Act
Clayton Anti-Trust Act
Federal Trade Commission
Business
Federal Farm Loan Act
Adamson Act Federal Workmen’s
Compensation Act Keating-Owen
Child Labor Act
Labor