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Warm Up #5

Warm Up #5. Common Vocabulary Unit 3 page. What do the following words mean? Write definitions down in your own words. You may use your phone or a dictionary to look up words you don’t know. Passage Monetary Lobbying Boycott Inspired. Progressive Era 1890-1920.

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Warm Up #5

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  1. Warm Up #5 • Common Vocabulary Unit 3 page. • What do the following words mean? Write definitions down in your own words. • You may use your phone or a dictionary to look up words you don’t know. • Passage • Monetary • Lobbying • Boycott • Inspired

  2. Progressive Era 1890-1920 Day 5: Progressive Presidents

  3. The Progressive Presidents

  4. Progressive PresidentsTheodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt (Republican/Progressive) • Roosevelt became President after the assassination of President McKinley

  5. Progressive PresidentsTheodore Roosevelt • Square Deal – Roosevelt’s campaign promise to take care of the common people • Trust Busting – He was known as a trust buster by breaking up large companies that had a monopoly or was close to being one. • Pure Food and Drug Act – He signed this into law that required rules for handling food cleanly and Must accurately label what is in food. • Conservation- He helped set aside millions of acres of land for conservation and protection. President Roosevelt with John Muir

  6. Progressive PresidentsTheodore Roosevelt “bully pulpit” – he saw the office as President as a way to influence media and Legislation • Roosevelt blended conservative Republican ideas with Progressive ideas. Roosevelt endorsed Taft for President, but later was mad at Taft and ran against him in 1912. Roosevelt was very progressive but his weakness was he ignored civil rights for women and minorities.

  7. Discussion Question • What do you think Theodore Roosevelt was MOST known for?

  8. Progressive PresidentsWilliam Howard Taft William Howard Taft (Republican) • Was supported by Teddy Roosevelt and elected. He was more conservative than and not as progressive as Roosevelt.

  9. Progressive PresidentsWilliam Howard Taft He did increased trust-busting, conservation, but he did some “Non-Progressive” stuff... BUT… • Setbacks in Progressive Reform • Raised tariffs on most imports (Payne-Aldrich Tariff) • Pinchot-Ballinger Controversy • Fired Progressive Pinchot, in favor of conservative Ballinger for Secretary of the Interior

  10. Progressive PresidentsWilliam Howard Taft • Because Taft was not progressive enough, the Progressives from the Republican Party split off to form the Progressive/Blue Moose Party which split the vote in the next election which leads to Wilson’s election.

  11. Discussion Question • How did Taft hurt the Republican Party during the 1912 Presidential election? • His beliefs and policies led to a split of the Republican Party. Some progressives of the Republican Party felt that Taft was not Progressive enough.

  12. Progressive PresidentsWoodrow Wilson Woodrow Wilson (Democrat) Wilson won the 1912 election largely because the Republican Party was split into two by the Progressive Party. He supported small business and free market competition and thought all business monopolies were evil.

  13. Progressive PresidentsWoodrow Wilson • Federal Reserve System – Divided the nation into 12 districts and established a regional bank in each district. • Farm Loans- Loans for small farms, backed by federal government

  14. Progressive PresidentsWoodrow Wilson • Child Labor Act 1916- ended child labor issue • 19th Amendment – Women’s suffrage (1920)

  15. Progressive PresidentsWoodrow Wilson Wilson was a very progressive president but his weakness was he ignored civil rights issues with minorities. He will be the president during World War I and will try to establish a list of suggestions for lasting world peace.

  16. Discussion Question • What groups of people did Woodrow Wilson’s presidency support? • Progressives, small farmers, women suffrage supporters • Which did he not support? • African-Americans and Big Business supporters

  17. Critical Writing Question for Day 5 • Day 5:The three presidents during the Progressive Era were Theodore Roosevelt, Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson. Pick one that you think was the most progressive and list their progressive accomplishments to justify your choice. USE YOUR NOTES!!!!

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