roosevelt and progressivism

Presidents Support Reform

Chapter 21 Section 1

December 2011

NY Legislature (age 26)

Civil Service Commission

NY Police Chief

Asst. Secretary of the Navy

Governor of NY, 1898

Temple of Music at night,

Pan Am Exposition

Buffalo, NY

1901

Last Photo taken of

President McKinley as he enters the

Temple of Music at Pan Am Expo in

Buffalo

Sept. 6, 1901

President McKinley’s Assassin, Leon Czolgosz

Wilcox Mansion, Delaware Ave., Buffalo. Theodore Roosevelt Inauguration Site.

Purpose of Government is to ensure fairness for workers, consumers, and big business.

Government should ensure that all groups in America have an equal opportunity to succeed.

Helps TR win 1904 Election by a landslide.

Preferred to control & regulate trustsSupported many labor unions (coal miners in PA)

Meat Inspection Act 1906

Pure Food Act 1906Conservation: 170,000 acres of Nation Parks

William Howard Taft: Elected President in 1908

Addressed Child Labor Problem

Busted more trusts than TR

TR runs again in 1912 on Bull Moose Ticket. Three way race allows Woodrow Wilson to be elected.

1. “Bull” Moose dominates the cartoon

2.

Donkey = Democrats

Elephant = Republicans

3.

Glasses

Mustache

Toothy Smile

4. Roosevelt has changed from an elephant (Republican) to a moose (Progressive Party).

Also, he has taken money from trusts (see barrel of water).

Promoted free enterprise

Federal Reserve Act 1913Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to regulate business practices

Support for passing the 17th Amendment:

Direct Election of US Senators.