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Progressive Presidents

Progressive Presidents. Teddy Roosevelt. FDA Square Deal (3C’s) Meat Inspection Act Panama Canal New Nationalism (minimum wage, end of child labor, focus on social justice) Conservationism Bull Moose Party (created due to a split with Taft during 1912 election). William Howard Taft.

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Progressive Presidents

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  1. Progressive Presidents

  2. Teddy Roosevelt • FDA • Square Deal (3C’s) • Meat Inspection Act • Panama Canal • New Nationalism (minimum wage, end of child labor, focus on social justice) • Conservationism • Bull Moose Party (created due to a split with Taft during 1912 election)

  3. William Howard Taft • Interstate Commerce Commission • 16th and 17th Amendments • Created the parcel post system • Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act • Dollar Diplomacy (gave loans to struggling Latin American countries)

  4. Woodrow Wilson • Elected president when Taft and Roosevelt split the Republican vote (lost the popular vote) • New Freedom: focus on antitrust legislation, low tariffs, and reforms in banking • Clayton Anti Trust • Federal Trade Commission (investigated businesses, broke up trusts) • Underwood Tariff- lowered tariffs • Federal Farm Loan Act • Created the Federal Reserve • Progressive Income Tax

  5. Today’s Assignment • You may either: • Create a 16 line rap or song about one of the Progressive Presidents (5 extra points for performing) • Write obituaries over each President (Six sentence minimum, including facts about presidency and life) • Draw 2 political cartoons over each President clearly indicating point of view over decisions, beliefs or legislation of the President. You must also write two sentences explaining each cartoon.

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