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White House Reformers
White House Reformers
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Trust Busting
Roosevelt: believed some trusts hurt public interests; broke up 44 trusts
while in office1900, trusts control 4/5 of industry in US
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Civil Rights
Wilson: Civil Rights progress stalled under Wilson
Reduces number of African Americans in Government
Segregates Post Office and other institutions in Washington
Roosevelt: little progress on Civil Rights
Roosevelt appointed Blacks to some low level positions -public outrage little support from Progressives
The progressive reform against racism was not the end but the beginning of the fight for equal rights in the 20th century
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Bull Moose Party
Direct election of Senators
Initiative,
recall, referendum in all states
Women’s suffrage and minimum wage
Child labor laws
Workers compensation
8 hour workday
VERY PROGRESSIVE!
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Tariff
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act from 1909 began in the U.S. House of Representatives as a bill lowering certain tariffs on goods entering the United States.
Financial Reform
A movement, by political candidates increasing dependence on expensive tv ads to restrict the amount of money that individuals and interest groups can contribute to.
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Creates Federal Reserve System to regulate money supply, loan money, help avoid bank panics
Conservation
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Taft: opens up public lands for developments
Angers conservationists
Fires Gifford Pinchot from US Forest Service
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New nationalism
Roosevelt: accepted big business as a fact of life and proposed a more powerful federal government and a strong executive to keep it under control.
