Comparing Two Progressive Era Presidents: Teddy Roosevelt & Woodrow Wilson

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Comparing Two Progressive Era Presidents: Teddy Roosevelt & Woodrow Wilson. I. Theodore Roosevelt’s Square Deal. A. The Rough Rider and the Teddy Bear. TR Busts Trusts & Protects Workers: The 1902 Coal Strike. C. TR as an Environmentalist: National Parks. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Comparing Two Progressive Era Presidents:

Teddy Roosevelt & Woodrow Wilson

I. Theodore Roosevelt’s Square Deal

A. The Rough Rider and the Teddy Bear

TR Busts Trusts & Protects Workers: The 1902 Coal Strike

C. TR as an Environmentalist: National Parks

D. TR, Symbolism, and Civil Rights

II. The 1908 and 1912 Elections

A. 1908– TR Steps Down– Taft Steps In

B. 1912

• TR Returns

• Taft & TR Split Republican Party

Wilson Wins

III. Wilson’s New Freedom

A. Wilson: A Democrat At Last, A Southerner At Last

B. Wilson Attacks the “Triple Wall of Privilege”

• Trusts (Clayton Act)

• Tariffs & The Income Tax

• Banks (The Federal Reserve Act)

C. Wilson Shuns Civil Rights

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