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Word Splash

Word Splash. Make a sentence out of the following words. Muckraker(s), Progressive Era , Upton Sinclair, Big Business Three Minutes….GO!. Picture Analysis. Use the Worksheet to answer the questions. Take Aways. Assassination of McKinley Roosevelt- The True Progressive

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Word Splash

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  1. Word Splash Make a sentence out of the following words. Muckraker(s), Progressive Era, Upton Sinclair, Big Business Three Minutes….GO!

  2. Picture Analysis • Use the Worksheet to answer the questions

  3. Take Aways • Assassination of McKinley • Roosevelt- The True Progressive • TR and Big Business

  4. Progressives in the White House 22-3 TR: American Lion http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GKuj_QP3S0

  5. Writing Prompt • Who is your favorite super hero? • What is their super power? • Why is this person your favorite? • Write a minimum of 5 lines please.

  6. T.R.’s Legacy • What do you think T.R.’s legacy will be?

  7. Assassination of McKinley • Shot by an anarchist named Leon Czolgolsz (Chal-gosh). • Teddy Roosevelt took the presidency on September 14, 1901. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvBIkpCJuRU

  8. T.R. and BIG Business • Believed in “good trusts” and “bad trusts” • Bad Trust- unfair, takes advantage of American public • T.R. “the Trustbuster” • someone who wants to destroy all trusts • T.R. just wanted to regulate them.

  9. T.R. and BIG Business • Began to crack down on Big Business • Railroads main target! • Broke up monopolies and trusts • Gained support from laborers and working class James J. Hill E.H. Harriman Rockefeller J.P. Morgan

  10. Stop and Think • How did Teddy Roosevelt become president? • How did he handle big business and trusts?

  11. Square Deal • Everyone should have a fair opportunity to succeed • Farmers, Consumers, Workers, Owners

  12. Pure Food and Drug Act • T.R. shocked by reading The Jungle • Officials inspected meat packing plants • Passed in 1906 • Must list all ingredients on packaging • Must end all false advertising of food

  13. Conservation • Believed in conservation of land • Loved outdoors • Created national parks • Protected against deforestation

  14. Homework • Word Splash • Create ONE sentence using ALL of the following words: • Teddy Roosevelt, Progressive(s), Trustbuster, Big Business, Square Deal.

  15. Other Major Accomplishments for TR • Big Stick Diplomacy- “Speak softly, but carry a big stick.” - TR • The Great White Fleet-U.S. Navy • Toured the world to “Show Off” superior Navy.

  16. The Great White Fleet

  17. Other Major Accomplishments for TR • The Panama Canal • Passageway between the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean. • It was NOT completed until after TR’s presidency, but began during it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uPCQy32tGg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzJZ6U5kkbo

  18. The Panama Canal

  19. Homework • Of Teddy Roosevelt’s accomplishments, choose two and explain why you think they are the two most important. • Trustbusting, the square deal (be specific), conservation, the panama canal, the great white fleet • Write a minimum of 8 lines total and underline the two choices in your paragraph!

  20. Warm Up • Get up and stand in front of TR’s accomplishment that you think was most important • Be ready to defend your choice! • GO!

  21. Taft and the Progressives • TR wanted Taft to replace him. • Taft was a Progressive. • Very different personality than TR William Howard Taft

  22. Opinion Splits on Taft • Taft supported many of TR’s ideas • graduated income, safety laws for miners, 8 hour work day, child labor laws. • However… • Lost a lot of support with the Payne-Aldrich Tariff. • Raised taxes

  23. Taft losses support • Ballinger-Pinchot affair • Went against Teddy’s conservation ideas • Because of this, Roosevelt and Taft were no longer friends

  24. Stop and Think • How was Taft different from Roosevelt? • Why did he and TR have a falling out?

  25. 1912: A Three Way Election • Roosevelt ran for President again. • Represented the Bull Moose Party • Taft represented the Republican party. • Woodrow Wilson would represent the Democratic Party.

  26. Woodrow Wilson • Wilson was a Progressive, • Represented the Democratic Party • Wilson would go on to beat out Taft in 1912

  27. New Freedom • Wilson’s policies • Continued to break up trusts. • Believed in competitive business. • New Freedom • Supported lowering taxes and increasing foreign trade

  28. Wilson’s Accomplishments • **Federal Reserve Act**- 3 tiered banking system • 1st level- Federal Reserve Board ran the system • 2nd level- 12 Federal Reserve Banks serve as “banks for other banks” • 3rd level- smaller private banks- could borrow from 2nd level. Offered affordable banking

  29. Wrap Up • How is Wilson different from both TR and Taft? • Explain two policies/accomplishments of Wilson.

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