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Progressive Presidents

Progressive Presidents. Review. Who are the Presidents of the Progressive Era? What were some of TR’s accomplishments during his time in office? Do you think the next presidents were successful like TR?. Anti Trust Act. Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 Keep big business in check

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Progressive Presidents

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  1. Progressive Presidents

  2. Review • Who are the Presidents of the Progressive Era? • What were some of TR’s accomplishments during his time in office? • Do you think the next presidents were successful like TR?

  3. Anti Trust Act • Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 • Keep big business in check • By 1909, 42 antitrust act • Standard Oil • Trust Buster

  4. Taft • What was Taft’s foreign policy plan? • Taft was hand picked by TR • Won easily • Republican • Promised to continue to follow progressive idea • Antitrust and other gov’t reform

  5. Trouble for Taft • Didn’t have TR’s personality • Gave in to the “old guard” • Didn’t lower tariffs • Progressives and Republicans • Did not like Taft

  6. Ballinger-Pinchot Affair • More problems • Conservationists • Secretary of the Interior- Ballinger • Gave away Alaskan public land • Forrest Service Director-Pinchot • Protested the selling • Not guilty

  7. New Nationalism • Midterm election 1910 • Republicans lost seats • Progressive • Republicans and Democrats ruled the Senate • TR • Stronger working conditions • Income and inheritance taxes • NEW NATIONALISM

  8. How do you think Taft did as the President? • Did alright • Reserved more land • Antitrust suits • 16th and 17th Amendment • Interstate Commerce Commission • Never gained support of his party

  9. Election of 1912 • TR and Taft wanted the Republican nomination • Taft won • Progressives created their own party • Bull Moose Party

  10. Bull Moose Party • “I feel fit as a moose” • Platform for the party • Lower tariffs • More regulation on businesses • End child labor • Women’s suffrage • Very popular

  11. Election • Wilson ran on reform • Blamed big business and government • New Freedom • Enforce antitrust without hurting economic competition • 42% of votes • Split Republican party helped

  12. Compare the Elections • Wilson- 42% • TR- 27% • Taft-23% • Debs-6% • Obama- 53% • McCain-46% • Nader-.56% • Barr-.40% Election of 1912 Election of 2008

  13. Present Day Call for a 3rd Party

  14. Wilson’s Policies • Known as a reformer • Clayton Antitrust Act • Strengthen the Sherman Act of 1890 • Allowed the gov’t to regulate business • Created the Federal Trade Commission • Fair trade laws

  15. The Federal Reserve System • Federal Reserve System • Reorganized the federal banking system • Open you books to page 299 • With a partner 1 person do 1 and 2 • The other 3 and 4 • Put the characteristics of the Federal Reserve in your own words

  16. Federal Reserve • Created regional federal banks • Store capital and cash • Supervised by a board selected by the pres. • Allow to borrow money-short term • Created currency • Expand or contract the circulation of money

  17. Other Accomplishments and Failures of Wilson • Created Farm Loan Bank • Allowed farmers to get loans • Selecting Louis Brandeis to the Supreme Court • Failures • Cabinet members extended Jim Crow practice • Opposed an amendment on women’s suffrage • No problem • Won easily in 1912

  18. Limits of Progressivism • Different views • Wanted to fix problems in cities • Didn’t help farmers, nonunion workers • Limit immigration • Look overseas to help out

  19. African Americans and Progressivism • Only a small amount benefited • Creation of the NAACP • Issues in the South • Did not want to lose votes

  20. Women’s Suffrage

  21. Women’s Suffrage • 1848 • Seneca Falls, NY • Susan B. Anthony • Against slavery • Demanded women be apart of the 14th and 15th Amendments • Civil Disobedience: Nonviolent refusal of a law

  22. National American Woman Suffrage Association • NAWSA- Created by Anthony, Lucy Stone • By 1900 • Women could own, sell, will property • Demand to vote went up • Became more active • Why do you think people would oppose women’s suffrage?

  23. Strategies for Suffrage • Its 1910, how would you try to earn the right to vote? • 1- push for an amendment • ¾ of the states needed to ratify • States allow voting • Each state would pass its own laws

  24. Different Ideas • NAWSA • Peaceful approach • Protest but peaceful • State Legislation • Plan to have each state pass laws • Congressional Union (CU) • Aggressive approach • Militant protest • Push for an amendment

  25. The End of Suffrage • WWI • Women took on jobs that men had • Prohibition • Lost a reason to fight suffrage • However • August 24, 1920-19th Amendment was passed • Last major reform of the Progressive Era

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