US.19 Analyze the significant progressive achievements during the administration of Theodore Roosevelt including the Square Deal, “trust-busting,” the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act, the Meat Inspection Act, and support for conservation. (E, H, P)
US.20 Analyze the significant progressive achievements during the administration of Woodrow Wilson, including his New Freedom, the Underwood Tariff, the Federal Reserve Act, and the Clayton Anti-Trust Act. (E, H, P)
15. (US.19,20) Presdient’s Roosevelt and Wilson
a. Square Deal
b. Trust Busting
c. Pure Food and Drug Act
d. Meat Inspection Act
e. Conservation
f. New Freedom
g. Underwood Tariff
h. Federal Reserve Act
i. Clayton Anti-Trust Act
In 1901, Vice President Theodore Roosevelt took office as president after William McKinley was shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz. Roosevelt easily won re-election in 1904, still running as a Republican though he had begun integrating Progressive politics into his administration. In 1902, he began using the Sherman Anti-Trust Act to take legal action against the country's largest corporations. He was quickly nicknamed "the trustbuster." Roosevelt also led efforts to regulate business, and was a prominent supporter of conservation of natural resources and the protection of wildlife.