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A Tale of Two Presidents

A Tale of Two Presidents. US History—Mrs. Huston Chapter 17, Sections 4 & 5. A New Kind of President. Embraced progressive ideals Expanded the powers of the presidency Changed America’s view of government. What was new?. Son of wealthy parents Well-educated and smart

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A Tale of Two Presidents

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  1. A Tale of Two Presidents US History—Mrs. Huston Chapter 17, Sections 4 & 5

  2. A New Kind of President

  3. Embraced progressive ideals • Expanded the powers of the presidency • Changed America’s view of government What was new?

  4. Son of wealthy parents • Well-educated and smart • Served in New York Assembly • Lived in the west for a while following death of wife Background

  5. Assistant Secretary of the Navy • Raised his own unit to fight in Cuba • Afterward, became Governor of New York Spanish American War Hero

  6. Rough Riders

  7. Their leader

  8. One week of campaign • One day of hard fighting • Launched his national political career Roosevelt’s War Experience

  9. Became McKinley’s 2nd Vice President • Ascended to the Presidency when McKinley was assassinated National Politics

  10. Used his Square Deal program to protect small business owners • Forced mine owners to give workers a raise and a 9-hour work day in Pennsylvania coal strike • Convinced Congress to create the Department of Commerce and Labor Using government authority

  11. 1903 Elkins Act • Imposed fines for special rates • 1906 Hepburn Act • Gave the ICC enforcement powers Work against the Railroads

  12. Meat Inspection Act • Reaction to Upton Sinclair’s novel, The Jungle • Pure Food and Drug Act • Enforced today by the FDA Food Safety

  13. Conserve or Preserve? • New forestry division in the Agriculture Department • 1902 National Reclamation Act • Federal government control over water Environment

  14. Roosevelt chose not to run • Selected Taft as his successor • Disappointed in Taft’s record • Formed third party—Progressive or “Bull Moose” Party Choice not to run backfires

  15. A third party often splits the vote • With both Taft and Roosevelt running, Wilson won the election Democrats win

  16. Woodrow Wilson

  17. Son of Presbyterian minister • Professor at Princeton • Scholarly writer • Governor of New Jersey • reformer Background

  18. Placed strict government controls on corporations • Attacked three main issues • Tariffs • Banks • trusts New Freedom

  19. New source of income instead of tariffs—income tax • 16th Amendment gave Congress the power • Underwood Tariff Act cut tariffs and added the tax Government power expands

  20. 1913 Federal Reserve Act • Placed banks under federal control • Twelve regions today Money and Banks

  21. Persuaded Congress to create the Federal Trade Commission • Includes watching out for false advertising and dishonest labeling • Clayton Anti-Trust Act • More specific about activities corporations could not do Government Regulation

  22. Unions could no longer be prosecuted as “trusts” in restraint of trade Protection for Unions

  23. Which of these presidents did more for the United States? • Did they do too much? Which one did more?

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