Success and Achievements of the Progressive Presidents

Flashcards covering key programs, legislation, and outcomes of the Progressive Presidents Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson.

Square Deal

Roosevelt's program aimed for a balance between labor, business, and consumers.

New Freedom

Wilson's program that aimed to attack the 'Triple Wall of Privilege' consisting of Tariffs, Banks, and Trusts.

Trust-Busting

The practice of breaking up monopolies, distinguished by Roosevelt's distinction of 'good trusts' vs 'bad trusts'.

16th Amendment

Created the federal income tax in response to social reform efforts.

Keating-Owen Act

Restricted goods made by children to address child labor issues, later overturned.

Laissez-faire

The economic principle of non-interference that was challenged by the Progressive Presidents.

Meat Inspection Act

Passed to ensure rules for what went into food, spurred by concerns raised in 'The Jungle'.

Pure Food & Drug Act

Legislation aimed at protecting consumer health by regulating food and drug industries.

Federal Reserve Act

Established the Federal Reserve to provide a central banking system and ensure economic stability.

Democratic Victory

Woodrow Wilson won the presidency due to the division of Republican votes between Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft.

Square Deal

Theodore Roosevelt

Regulation of "bad trusts"

Theodore Roosevelt

Meat Inspection Act

Theodore Roosevelt

Pure Food & Drug Act

Theodore Roosevelt

Strict legal regulation

William Howard Taft

Breaking up Standard Oil

William Howard Taft

New Freedom

Woodrow Wilson

Triple Wall of Privilege

Woodrow Wilson

16th Amendment / Federal Income Tax

Woodrow Wilson

Keating-Owen Act

Woodrow Wilson

Federal Reserve Act

:Woodrow Wilson