1. ProgressiveProgressive
EraEra
PresidentsPresidents

2. Theodore RooseveltTheodore Roosevelt

4.  Square DealSquare Deal
 Progressive reformsProgressive reforms
to compete withto compete with
foreign nationsforeign nations
 Took on miner’s strikeTook on miner’s strike
 Hepburn Act—Hepburn Act—
increase ICC powerincrease ICC power
 Consumer protectionsConsumer protections
 ConservationConservation
measuresmeasures
 Increased power inIncreased power in
executive branchexecutive branch

5. William Howard TaftWilliam Howard Taft

7.  Believed highBelieved high
tariffs limitedtariffs limited
competitioncompetition
 Payne-AldrichPayne-Aldrich
TariffTariff
 SupportedSupported
competitioncompetition
 Children’s BureauChildren’s Bureau
 Bureau of MinesBureau of Mines

8. Woodrow WilsonWoodrow Wilson

10.  Believed in freedomBelieved in freedom
of economyof economy
 Reducing tariffs toReducing tariffs to
increase quality ofincrease quality of
goods andgoods and
competitioncompetition
 Federal Reserve ActFederal Reserve Act
 Federal TradeFederal Trade
CommissionCommission
 Keating-Owen ChildKeating-Owen Child
Labor ActLabor Act

12. TheThe
EndEnd
ProgressiveProgressive
EraEra