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ROOSEVELT AND TAFTTHE WILSON YEARS
By: Steven ChangDavid Easley
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Roosevelt Takes on the Trusts
Roosevelt believed that trusts and other large business organizations were very efficient and part of the reason for America’s prosperity.
His goal was to ensure that trusts did not abuse their power.
Making an example out of the company, Roosevelt first targeted J.P. Morgan’s railroad holding company in 1901.
Newspapers hailed Roosevelt as a “trustbuster,” and his popularity with the American public soared.
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The Coal Strike of 1902
In the fall of 1902, Roosevelt put these beliefs into practice.
The previous spring, the United Mine Workers had launched a strike by anthracite(hard coal) miners of eastern Pennsylvania. Nearly 150,000 workers walked out, demanding pay, reduced work hours, and union recognition.
Roosevelt took action quickly by urging the union to accept a arbitration(a settlement/negotiation , made by an outside party.
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Regulating Big Business
In 1903, Roosevelt convinced Congress to create the Department of Commerce and Labor.
The Department began investigating U.S. Steel, a gigantic holding company that had been created in 1901.
Roosevelt accepted the “Gentlemen’s agreement,” which gave him the ability to regulate big business without having to sacrifice economic efficiency by breaking up the trusts.
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Consumer Protection
By 1905 Consumer protection had become a national issue.
Consumers had no way to know what they were taking, nor did they receive any assurance that the medicines worked as claimed.
Many Americans were equally concerned about the foods they ate and there were many reports of dangerous preservatives that were being used.
The meat Inspection Act as well as The Pure food and Drug Act prohibited impure and falsely labeled foods which helped solve the problem.
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Western Land Development
Roosevelt quickly applied his philosophy in the dry Western states, where farmers and city dwellers competed for scarce water.
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Gifford Pinchot
Roosevelt appointed Gifford Pinchot to head the United States Forest Service established in 1905.
Both believed that trained experts in forestry and resource management should apply the same scientific standards to the landscape that others were applying to managing cities and industry.
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The Payne-Aldrich Tariff
Taft believed high tariffs limited competition, hurt consumers, and protected trusts.
He called congress into special session to lower tariff rates.
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Ballinger Versus Pinchot
Ballinger was a conservative corporate lawyer.
Pinchot was concerned over Taft's idea to turn Alaska’s land into a personal business investment. Taft's lawyer proving to strong, Pinchot leaked the story to the media to expose him. Taft fired Pinchot for insubordination(disobedience to authority).
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Taft’s Achievements
He established the children's Bureau in 1912 which was an agency that investigated and publicized the problems of child labor.
Taft was a dedicated conservationist.
In 1911 he announced an anti-trust lawsuit against U.S. Steel.
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Picking the Candidates
Believing that President Taft had failed to live up to progressive ideals, Theodore Roosevelt informed seven state governors that he was willing to accept the Republican nomination. “my hat is in the ring!” he declared. “the fight is on.”
Roosevelt had became the presidential candidate for the newly formed progressive party.
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Wilson Versus Roosevelt
Roosevelt called his new program the New Nationalism.
While Wilson countered with what he called the New Freedom. Which criticized Roosevelt’s program.
Wilson ended up winning the Electoral College with 435 votes and the election, even though he received less than 42 % of the popular vote.
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Reforming Tariffs
Wilson had came to present his bill to reduce tariffs.
He believed that lowering tariffs would benefit both American consumers and manufactures.
An important section of the Underwood Tariff Act provided for levying an income tax, or a direct tax on the earnings of individuals.
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Reforming the Banks
To restore public confidence in the banking system Wilson supported the establishment of a federal reserve system.
The federal reserve act of 1913 created 12 regional banks to be supervised by a board of governors which allowed national supervision of the banking system.
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Antitrust Action
In the summer of 1914, congress created the federal trade commission to monitor American business due to Wilson’s request.
The FTC had the power to investigate companies and issue cease and desist orders.
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Regulating Business
In 1916 Wilson signed the first law regulating child labor.
In 1918 the supreme court declared the law unconstitutional on the grounds that child labor was not interstate commerce and therefore only states could regulate it.
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A New kind of Government
Progressivism made important changes in the political life of the United States.
By the end of the progressive era both legal and public opinion had shifted.
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The Limits of Progressivism
1905 WEB Du Bois and 28 other African American leaders met at Niagara Falls to demand rights for African Americans which was known as the Niagara movement.
This meeting lead to the founding of the National Association for the advancement of colored people in 1909.
Jewish people also lived in fear and this advancement helped them too.
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Power Point Questions
Why was Pinchot fired by Taft? What changes did Progressivism make
regarding the United States? What power over companies did the FTC
hold? Why did Wilson want to lower tariffs? What acts were made in order to protect
consumers?
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Timeline
1902Maryland passes
first U.S. workers’ compensation laws
1903Russian Bolshevik Party is establish
ed by Lenin
1906Pure Food and
Drug Act passed
1906British pass
workers’ compensation law
1908 Germany
limits working hours for children
and women
1910 Mann-Elkins
Act passed
1911British create
national health
insurance program
1913Seventeent
h Amendment requires
direct election of senators
1914World War I
begins in
Europe