Progressives in the White House

1. - President William McKinley is shot by an ________________ • at the NY World’s Fair in 1901 • - VP Theodore Roosevelt became president • *42yrs old = ________________ president to take office • *Strong supporter of ___________________ • Teddy Roosevelt • - Came from wealthy NY family & was embarrassed by how __________________________ • - Wanted to end corruption & work for ______________________ • - Worked for Civil Service Commission, headed the _____________ • department, then became assistant secretary of the Navy • (led troops in the SPAM war 1898 = war hero) • Elected Gov. of NY until he became _______ • Mocked by other politicians as a “__________________” for wanting “good government” • Upon taking Presidential office, he pledges to “____________________________________” • TR & Big Business • - TR sees a difference between good & bad trusts. It’s government’s job to control them or break them • * ________: efficient & fair & should be let alone • * ____: took advantage of workers & cheated public Progressives in the White House • TR promises the people a • Square Deal: everyone from • farmers & consumers to • workers & owners should have • the same opportunity to succeed. ____________: a person who wanted to destroy all trusts • - TR simply wants to regulate, not “bust” them • - He’s the first President to side with labor in a union dispute (mediation is key) • Consumers • - Shocked by The Jungle, TR sends newspaper companies copies of government reports exposing meatpacking plant conditions • - _______________had exposed drug companies for making false claims about medicine • - ___________________________: 1906 passed by Congress- requires food & drug makers to list ingredients on packages. • - It worked to end false advertising & impure ingredients • Taft & Progressives • - TR didn’t want to run for reelection in 1908 – he backs William Howard Taft (his secretary of War) • - Taft held the same values, but didn’t approach politics how TR did – doesn’t have as many followers • Resources • _______________________= drain on natural resources • TR supports ______________________: protection of natural resources • New trees planted where they were uprooted/ mining is controlled to not waste coal • 194,000 acres set aside for national parks • ____________________: area set aside for people to visit, run by the federal government

2. 1912: 3-Way Election • - TR comes back from hunting trips in Africa to see Taft isn’t doing too well • - He runs against ________for Republican nomination • *Taft is current Republican President (he wins the vote of the presidential convention) ___________________________: Republicans in support of Teddy Roosevelt • - Progressive Republicans are annoyed at convention results & sets up a new party with TR as their candidate • *He feels proud & says “_______________________________” • *This new party becomes known as the ________________________ • - Democrats chose ____________________(Progressive) as their candidate • *Known as a brilliant scholar & a cautious reformer • - TR & Taft were more popular BUT they __________ the Republican vote • *This division = more solid votes for ________________ • A New Freedom • - ________________: President Wilson’s program to break up trusts and restore American economic competition • - ______________________: 1913 Congress – sets up a system of federal banks. Gave government the power to raise or lower interest rates & control the money supply • Regulating Competition • Federal Trade Commission: __________ – 1914 – power to investigate companies & order them to stop using unfair practices to destroy competitors