Spanish American WarThe War in the Philippines

Teddy Roosevelt Born into a wealthy family in

New York Very ill as a child (had

severe asthma and there was no treatment)

Boxer and a wrestler in college

Became assistant secretary of the Navy until 1898 Resigned his position to join

the army in the Spanish American War

Became President in 1901 with the assassination of President McKinley

Roosevelt’s Presidency1901-1908Youngest to ever hold the office (until Kennedy in

1960) at 42Used Federal power to help the working classTrustbusting-wanted to end the unfair business

practices in some monopolies while still allowing for big businesses to grow

Regulated the Railroad industry to make fair pricing

William Howard Taft1908-1912Broke 90 trusts in 4 yearsPayne-Aldrich Tariff

Tariff that allowed for reducing taxes on manufactured goods

Republicans cut out everything except birdseed and sea moss

Taft defended the bill and it cost him the presidency in 1912

Election of 1912

Roosevelt had established the Bull Moose Party as a split from the Republicans

Roosevelt ran in the 1912 election 3 Candidates for President-Woodrow Wilson-Democrat; Teddy

Roosevelt-Bull Moose Party; William Taft-Republican Wilson wins by a landslide-Roosevelt come in 2nd

President Wilson-1st TermClayton Anti-Trust

Act1914-strengthened the

Sherman Anti-trust Act

Federal Trade Commission EstablishedPower to investigate

violations of regulations to end unfair business practices

Wilson Cont’dFederal Income Tax-reduced the rate of

tariffs because the government earned money from income taxes

Federal Reserve System-established a backing for US currency that supports the national banks

Women’s Suffrage and the 19th Amendment

The End of Progressivism“There’s no chance of progress and reform in

an administration in which war plays a principal part”

The outbreak of World War I ended the Progressive Era in 1914

Yellow JournalismHearst and Pulitzer

exaggerated the reports from the Spanish-American war

Stories of poisoned wells, and children being thrown to the sharks made the Americans sympathetic to the Cuban/American cause

The War in the PhilippinesAt the end of the

Spanish-American War the Filipinos were angry at being annexed by the United States

Believed that they had been betrayed by the US

Caused a rebellion that lasted for 3 years

Filipino War Cont’d January 1899-Aguinaldo

proclaimed the Philippines independent and a Republic

Turned to guerilla tactics The US forced the Filipinos

to live in ‘zones’ The US had condemned

Spain for doing the same thing in Cuba

Poor sanitation, disease and starvation occurred

Filipino War Cont’dLasted until 1902Aguinaldo was

captured in 1901The war cost the US

$400 million4,000 Americans

were killed and 20,000 Filipinos

Effects of the WarThe US set up a similar government in the

Philippines as they had set up in Puerto RicoUS appoints a governor and the Filipinos elect

a lower branch of governmentEducation was established and grew and

there were improved hospitals and sanitation

Philippines became independent in 1946Most embarrassing moment