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The Progressive Presidents
Who were the Progressive Presidents?
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Roosevelt enforced the Sherman Antitrust Act
and filed suits against more than 40 trusts
Roosevelt signed the Meat Inspection Act –
federal inspectors would ensure that
American meat was safe and sanitary
What were the progressive accomplishments
of President Roosevelt?
What were the progressive accomplishments
of President Taft?
What were the progressive accomplishments
of President Wilson?
Roosevelt signed the Pure Food and Drug Actrequired manufactures to list the ingredients
of their products and outlawed making
exaggerated claims about the effects of a
product
Roosevelt set aside millions of acres of
American land for national parks
Taft signed the Mann-Elkins Act giving the
government the ability to regulate telegraph
and telephone companies
Taft advocated for the ratification of the
Sixteenth Amendment – created the federal
income tax
Wilson signed the Underwood-Simmons Tariff
which reduced tariff rates
Wilson signed the Federal Reserve Act –
created a federal bank to manage the nation’s
money supply
Wilson signed the Clayton Antitrust Act – the
goal was to stop unfair business practices
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