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Transcript of Presidents Support Reform Chapter 21 Section 1 December 2011.
Presidents Support Reform
Chapter 21 Section 1
December 2011
NY Legislature (age 26)
Civil Service Commission
NY Police Chief
Asst. Secretary of the Navy
Governor of NY, 1898
Temple of Music at night,
Pan Am Exposition
Buffalo, NY
1901
Last Photo taken of
President McKinley as he enters the
Temple of Music at Pan Am Expo in
Buffalo
Sept. 6, 1901
President McKinley’s Assassin, Leon Czolgosz
Wilcox Mansion, Delaware Ave., Buffalo. Theodore Roosevelt Inauguration Site.
Purpose of Government is to ensure fairness for workers, consumers, and big business.
Government should ensure that all groups in America have an equal opportunity to succeed.
Helps TR win 1904 Election by a landslide.
Preferred to control & regulate trustsSupported many labor unions (coal miners in PA)
Meat Inspection Act 1906
Pure Food Act 1906Conservation: 170,000 acres of Nation Parks
William Howard Taft: Elected President in 1908
Addressed Child Labor Problem
Busted more trusts than TR
TR runs again in 1912 on Bull Moose Ticket. Three way race allows Woodrow Wilson to be elected.
1. “Bull” Moose dominates the cartoon
2.
Donkey = Democrats
Elephant = Republicans
3.
Glasses
Mustache
Toothy Smile
4. Roosevelt has changed from an elephant (Republican) to a moose (Progressive Party).
Also, he has taken money from trusts (see barrel of water).
Promoted free enterprise
Federal Reserve Act 1913Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to regulate business practices
Support for passing the 17th Amendment:
Direct Election of US Senators.