Taft and Wilson's Progressive Records

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Taft and Wilson : 

Taft and Wilson Continuing the Progressive Plan

William Howard Taft : 

William Howard Taft Part One

A/V Of Taft : 

A/V Of Taft Taft Speech Taft Video

Taft Becomes President : 

Taft Becomes President TR’s Secretary of War Hand-picked Far less popular More cautious Wanted to continue TR’s Progressivism Difficulty with Conservatives

Taft’s Record : 

Taft’s Record 90 Anti-Trust cases (more than TR!) Standard Oil busted Set aside more public lands than TR Income Tax But…supported higher tariffs (Payne-Aldrich tariff)—alienated progressives And…fired US Forest service head after he criticized Sec. of Interior

1912 Election : 

1912 Election

Friends Again! : 

Friends Again!

Part Two : 

Part Two Woodrow Wilson

A/V Of Wilson : 

A/V Of Wilson Wilson Speech Wilson Video

Wilson’s Legacy : 

Wilson’s Legacy Lowered tariffs (good for consumers—cheap foreign goods) Federal Reserve Act (we’ll talk about this later) Federal Trade Commission (truth in advertising & labels; monitored businesses—no monopolies) Clayton Act (further defined what an illegal trust was; unions were NOT) Worker’s compensation law

Legacy of Progressivism : 

Legacy of Progressivism Lots of changes—used government to cure society’s ills Status of Women changed Workers’ lives improved Ignored race issue (Wilson—segregated the Federal Government) World War I ended the Progressive Era