Progressive Presidents

Theodore Roosevelt

Conservative and progressive

Public opinion

Bully pulpit

New Role for the federal government

Square Deal

Anthracite coal mines, PA, 1902

United Mine Workers, John Mitchell

Trusts

Publicity

Trust busting

43 cases: Beef Trust, Northern Securities, Standard Oil

Regulation

Hepburn Act, ICC

Meat Inspection Act

William Howard Taft

Defeated Bryan in 1908

Philippines

Secretary of War

Payne-Aldrich Tariff

Mann-Elkins Act, ICC, telephone and telegraphs

Children’s Bureau

Eight-hour workday

16^th Amendment – income tax

17^th Amendment – direct election of senators

Election of 1912

Taft – Republican

Roosevelt – Progressive (i.e. Bull Moose)

Wilson – Democrat

Debs – Socialist

New Nationalism

New Freedom