Progressive Presidents: Crash Course US History #29 – Flashcards
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What were Teddy's Square Deal aims?
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aimed to distinguish good corporations that provided useful products and services at fair prices from bad corporations that existed just to make money
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What is the federal government's responsibility according to Teddy?
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the government responsibility was to regulate the economy directly and to break up power of wealthy corporations
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What actions did Teddy take?
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he used the Sherman Act to prosecute bad trusts
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How did Congress assist him in his aims?
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congress passed some legislation
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What did Taft accomplish as a Progressive? Step 1.
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he ordered the prosecution that broke up Standard Oil in 1911
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What did Taft accomplish as a Progressive? Step 2.
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he supported the 16th amendment, allowing Congress to pass an income tax, and that paved the way for the 18th amendment
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What did Taft accomplish as a Progressive? Step 3.
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he fired Pinchot in 1910
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What were the 4 candidates?
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Taft Teddy Roosevelt Moose Party Eugene Debs
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What are the problems according to the Mystery document?
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excessive tariffs and almost universal monopoly
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List Wilson's top 5 domestic accomplishments?
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Clayton act Keating-Owen Act Adamson Act 16th Amendment Underwood Terath
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What's the "contradiction" with Progressive presidents?
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progressive presidents were very concerned about big business as a threat to freedom in the U.S.
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What did the Roosevelt Corollary empower the U.S. to do?
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He would defend independent Latin American states from European intervention.
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How was it put into practice by Teddy?
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He practiced this by using American troops to ensure that Latin American countries were stable enough for Americans to invest there.
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Contrast Taft's foreign policy with Wilson's.
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Taft- He emphasized loans and economic investment as the best way to spread American influence Wilson's- export colossal amounts of American products.
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The Foner quote.
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"The presidents who spoke the most about freedom were likely to intervene most frequently in the affairs of other countries."
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What was Taft?
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Republican
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What was Teddy Roosevelt?
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Republican/ Bull Moose
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What was Woodrow Wilson?
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Democrat
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What was Eugene Debs?
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Socialist
