Progressive Presidents
The three "progressive presidents" are:
Teddy Roosevelt
William Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Who created the very first automobile, allowed for individual transportation much faster than a horse.
Karl Benz
The name for activist journalist who called out the bad things happening in the US.
Muckrakers.
Woodrow Wilson created this in an attempt to fund the war effort during the Great War. Promised it was only a temporary thing.
President who followed Teddy Roosevelt and continued his progressive reforms using the court systems. Split from Roosevelt during the 1912 election
William Taft
The Wright Brothers achieved this in 1903 on the beaches of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
Flight (Areoplane)
The 1906 novel written by Upton Sinclair discusses the terrible conditions at the meat packing plants. (Hint: The title is the opposite of "the Desert")
The Jungle
Social Gospel
This president established the "Square deal" and was known as a trust buster.
Teddy Roosevelt
Alexander Graham Bell created this. Allowed for long distance communication between individuals.
Telephone
Amendment gave women the right to vote in 1920
the 19th Amendment
The belief that religion is a private matter and should not be brought up in "public" life.
Secularism
This president created the federal income tax and led the US through WWI
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla created this. Allowed people to see at night and was more safe than open flame light.
Electric lightbulb
William Taft created this to help labor unions and laborers have a voice.
Department of Labor
The belief that the Bible was just a collection of myths and stories from the Jewish and early Levant peoples. Questioned the divinity of Christ. Belief that all people are good, it is society that corrupts.
Modernism
Teddy Roosevelt's conservation efforts led to the creation of:
the US National Parks
Who created the first American model car, the Model T
Henry Ford
The act passed by Roosevelt to bust up the oil, railroad, and steel monopolies/trusts
Sherman Anti-trust act
While progressive presidents created reforms by doing this, their actions have also increased the amount these powers have been expanded, which led to issues in the 1900s and even today.
Expanding Executive Power