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Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive Era

Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive Era. Chapter 9: Section 3 Ms. Garratt. Wealthy Harvard educated Active in state politics Asst sec of navy Rough Riders in Cuba Party bosses McKinley assassination Youngest president at the time (42). Colorful background.

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Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive Era

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  1. Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive Era Chapter 9: Section 3 Ms. Garratt

  2. Wealthy • Harvard educated • Active in state politics • Asst sec of navy • Rough Riders in Cuba • Party bosses • McKinley assassination • Youngest president at the time (42) Colorful background

  3. Saw presidency as a bully pulpit from which he could influence the media and shape legislation Modern President

  4. “It is the duty of the president to act upon the theory that he is the steward of the people and …to assume that he has the legal right to do whatever the needs of the people demand, unless the Constitution or the laws explicitly forbid him to do so.” Perceived different role of the presidency

  5. Was Teddy after all trusts? • NO. He used the 1890 Sherman Anti-trust Act to go after those trusts that hurt the public interest the most. • Those that eliminated competition Trustbuster

  6. Used power of the president to mediate disputes. • Established new principle –right of fed’lgov to intervene when strike threatened the public welfare • Role of experts 1902 Coal Strike

  7. Interstate Commerce Act • Commission was weak • Elkins Act • Hepburn Act • ICC set maximum rates • Boosted fed’l control Railroad Regulation

  8. Upton Sinclair, the Jungle & the Meat Inspection Act

  9. http://www.ratedesi.com/video/v/m1U0kXX0RAM/Upton-Sinclair%27s-The-Junglehttp://www.ratedesi.com/video/v/m1U0kXX0RAM/Upton-Sinclair%27s-The-Jungle Video Segment on the Jungle

  10. Contaminated foods & medicines could no longer be sold. • Called for truth in labeling laws Pure Food & Drug Act

  11. Regulating Food & Drugs

  12. “Pure food and drug act will limit human thumb levels in meats” • Oh yummy. Please pass the mustard.

  13. Conservation of Natural Resources

  14. Allowed large tracts of land to be irrigated in the SW • Let to lots of Mexican migration Newlands Act - Reclamation

  15. Like other progressives very little attention paid to civil rights Civil Rights

  16. Mediator between Japan & Russia Panama Canal Roosevelt Corollary Roosevelt & the World

  17. Did not use presidency as bully pulpit • Payne-Aldrich bill • Richard Ballinger – Dept of Interior • Muckraking article • Fired Gifford Pinchot • Speaker Joseph Cannon – refused to agendize progressive bills • House Rules Committee - reform • Rising cost of living • Democrats won both Houses in 1910 Criticisms of President Taft

  18. TR’s disappointment with Taft convinces him to run again. • Returns from Africa with “New Nationalism” platform • Fed gov role to protect public welfare • Bull Moose Party platform (p. 330) • Init, ref, recall, primary, w.suffrage, 17th, workers’ compensation, min hours for w, ban on child labor, 8 hour workday, FTC • Incumbant has advantage TR & the Progressive Party

  19. Election of 1912

  20. Progressive Democrat • Bully Pulpit • Trustbuster • Clayton Antitrust Act • Unions exempt from antitrust • Magna Carta - Gompers • Federal Trade Commission (FTC) • Underwood Act • 16th Amendment • Federal Reserve Act Wilson Administration - Domestic

  21. Carrie Chapman Catt • 5 pt strategy • Setbacks led to new party headed by Alice Paul and Lucy Burns (Congressional Union) Women’s Suffrage

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