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How was Progressive Agenda Implemented during Taft ’ s and Wilson ’ s Presidency?

Explore the implementation of Progressive reforms under Presidents Taft and Wilson, including anti-trust measures, tax system changes, women's suffrage, and the limits of Wilsonian Progressivism.

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How was Progressive Agenda Implemented during Taft ’ s and Wilson ’ s Presidency?

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  1. How was Progressive Agenda Implemented during Taft’s and Wilson’s Presidency? U.S. History & Government 11th Grade Boys and Girls 21 December 2019

  2. Progressive Reform Under Taft • William Howard Taft became president by defeating William Jennings Bryan in 1904 • Proceeded cautiously and could not use the presidential Bully Pulpit well • Busted 90 trusts • Payne-Aldrich Tariff made him lose confidence of the Progressives and people. • He also angered the Conservationist by appointing Richard Ballinger as secretary of interior, who removed 1 million acre of forest land from conservationist control

  3. Split in Republican Party • Support for political boss Joseph Cannon split Republican party into conservatives and Progressives • Reform republicans and Democrats together removed him from House Committee of Rules • 1910 mid-term election republicans lost • In 1912 Roosevelt wanted to rerun for election but Taft was chosen by party delegates • New Party was formed (Bull-Moose Party) • Democrat Woodrow Wilson got elected

  4. Wilson’s Reforms • Woodrow Wilson Proposed “New Freedom” reform agenda. • Anti-Trust Measure • Clayton Anti-Trust Act of 1914 • Prohibited Corporations from acquiring shares of another to create monopoly • Labor Unions and farm organizations were exempted from antitrust laws. • Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914 created Federal Trade Commission • Power to investigate possible violations of regulatory statutes • These two laws broke many trusts, prohibited trust formation and helped the labor

  5. New Tax System • Lowered tariff under Underwood Act of 1913 • Federal Income Tax was introduced during world war I, under 16th amendment of the constitution • New Federal Bank • Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve Act of 1913) • Provided loans, issued paper money and controlled their circulation

  6. Women’s Suffrage • NAWSA formed New York’s Women’s Suffrage Party. • Carrie Catt used 5 tactics: • Painstaking organization • Close ties between local, state, and national workers • Establishing a wide base of support • Cautious lobbying • Gracious lady-like behavior • Had the 19th amendment passed [granted vote to women]

  7. Limits of Wilsonian Progressivism • Wilson refused to enact Federal Anti-Lynching laws • He did not help the civil rights movement • Homework [page 544] • Terms and Names • Main Ideas Questions 8-11

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