POWERPOINT 20POWERPOINT 20

Theodore Roosevelt and Progressive Reform,

1901 - 1909

United States at the Start of the 20United States at the Start of the 20thth CenturyCentury

McKinley assassinated Theodore Roosevelt becomes president Height of the progressive era

Notable rise in population from immigration Time of social changes

175,000 children in workforce in 1900 Rising divorce rate More women in school, workplace, and professions

National Women’s Trade Union

America becomes nation of consumers caught up in the new advertising

European Immigration

Roosevelt and the Modern PresidencyRoosevelt and the Modern Presidency

Nation fascinated by Roosevelt (TR) Bully pulpit

Roosevelt’s reputation as “trustbuster” Northern Securities Company U.S. Steel

TR and arbitration of the Anthracite coal strike J.P. Morgan Square Deal

Elkins Act “Beef Trust”

Modern PresidencyModern Presidency (cont.’d)(cont.’d)

Race relations during Roosevelt’s administration Booker T. Washington Segregation as the norm South’s white primary effective in excluding blacks from

political process W.E.B. DuBois

Roosevelt clear about foreign policy goals Roosevelt Corollary Panama Canal

Roosevelt re-elected decisively in 1904 Interstate Commerce Commission

Progressive Campaigns to Reform Progressive Campaigns to Reform the Nationthe Nation

Federal government tries to police business Progressivism interpreted in different ways Reform efforts broadened to politics

Direct primary, referenda, and recall Muckrakers enter media coverage of events

Samuel McClure and Ida Tarbell Suffrage movement has victories after 1910 Municipal reform

Samuel Jones and Tom Johnson City managers

Reformers succeed in direct election of senators

Roosevelt and the Modern Roosevelt and the Modern Presidency: The Second TermPresidency: The Second Term

Hepburn Act brings railroad regulation Pure Food and Drug Act

Upton Sinclair

Roosevelt and world politics Russo-Japanese War

Nobel Peace Prize Morocco Affair Gentleman’s agreement “Great White Fleet”

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Second TermSecond Term (cont.’d)(cont.’d)

Challenges to Roosevelt’s reform Supreme Court overturns some reform efforts

Conservation is great success for Roosevelt Newlands Reclamation Act Gifford Pinchot

National Monuments Act

Roosevelt keeps vow and does not run in 1908 William Howard Taft Republican party divided

Discussion QuestionsDiscussion Questions

Describe Theodore Roosevelt’s domestic policy. Was Roosevelt a progressive or a conservative?

Discuss Roosevelt’s foreign policy. What were U.S. relations like with other nations of the world?

What was the Progressive Movement? What aspects of U.S. society did it affect?

What was Roosevelt role in conservation? How does one reconcile his love of hunting with his role as a conservationist?