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Comparing Two Progressive Era Presidents:
Teddy Roosevelt & Woodrow Wilson
I. Theodore Roosevelt’s Square Deal
A. The Rough Rider and the Teddy Bear
TR Busts Trusts & Protects Workers: The 1902 Coal Strike
C. TR as an Environmentalist: National Parks
D. TR, Symbolism, and Civil Rights
II. The 1908 and 1912 Elections
A. 1908– TR Steps Down– Taft Steps In
B. 1912
• TR Returns
• Taft & TR Split Republican Party
Wilson Wins
III. Wilson’s New Freedom
A. Wilson: A Democrat At Last, A Southerner At Last
B. Wilson Attacks the “Triple Wall of Privilege”
• Trusts (Clayton Act)
• Tariffs & The Income Tax
• Banks (The Federal Reserve Act)
C. Wilson Shuns Civil Rights