PPT-Chapter 6 Lesson 2 Roosevelt and Taft

Objectives Describe the events of Theodore Roosevelts presidency Explain how Roosevelt used the power of the Presidency to regulate business Identify laws passed to protect public health and the environment. National Park Service. U.S. Department of the Interior. Theodore Roosevelt National Park. www.nps.gov/thro. Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Junior Ranger Family Fun Day. !. Sunday August 1, . 2010. :. How did progressives bring reform to urban & state governments?. . Warm-Up Question:. How effective were progressive reformers in addressing:. (a) Problems in cities?. (b) Discrimination against African-Americans?. Objectives:. To trace the events of Theodore Roosevelt’s presidency. To show how Roosevelt used the power of his office to regulate business. To identify laws passed to protect citizens’ health and preserve the environment. .  .                   . The progressive movement attracted middle-class city dwellers, who included writers, teachers & scholars.. . They sought to cure the social problems caused by industrialization. 3. Teddy Roosevelt’s Square Deal. 1. Look at the graphic to help organize your thoughts. Explain how the following problems were addressed during Roosevelt’s presidency. . Northern Securities Company monopoly. The Progressive Era. Background to the Progressive Era: The Gilded Age. Gilded Age: 1865-1890. Overlaps with Reconstruction. What does Gilded mean?. What was the Gilded Age like?. Rapid industrialization—factories, assembly lines, mass production. TCI Ch. 18. Add to your Table of Contents . Progressivism on the National Stage. Progressive Checklist. Improves people’s lives.. Improves the human race.. Makes people happier and healthier. Lives up to one of the ideals (opportunity, rights, liberty, democracy, equality). American History 2. Theodore Roosevelt. President from 1901-1909 . -Republican. -became President after McKinley’s assassination. William Howard Taft. President from 1909-1913. -Republican. -hand-picked successor to Roosevelt. Everything You Need To . K. now . A. bout The Election of 1912 To Succeed In APUSH. www.Apushreview.com. Key Ideas Before The Election. William Howard Taft was the incumbent president. Was hand-picked by Roosevelt to be his successor. Section 4-Taft and . wilson. . US HISTORY. Ms. Arnold. Main idea. Progressive reforms continued during the Taft and Wilson presidencies, focusing on business, banking, and women’s suffrage. . Progressivism under Taft. Introduction. Nearly 76 million Americans greeted the new century in 1900. Almost one in seven of them were foreign-born. The 20. th. century will bring in ethnically and racially mixed American people than before. These new crusaders will call themselves the Progressives. . Standard: 7.3- Recognize the progress of political and social reform in America during this era. . Essential Question: What was Wilson’s New Freedom reform plan? . Morning Work August 22, 2016. Karen Valentin. Stephanie Velarde. Francesca Velarde. William Howard Taft. Roosevelt decided not to run in 1908. Chose Taft as successor. 27. th. president (1909-1913). Liberal Republican . Few Months after Taking Office…. JUMBO QUESTIONS 28. Argumentation. At the beginning of this chapter, the authors reference a Progressive reformer who thought that “the real heart of the Progressive Movement was to use the government as an agency of human welfare.” Support, modify, or refute this statement. .