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Jane Adams
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Teddy Roosevelt
President from 1901-1909
-Played a very big role in the Progressive Era
--1st Progressive president
-1st Conservation president
-Assassination of president Mckinley caused him to be sent into office
-Youngest president in history
-Lead his party and country into the Progressive Era
-Sherman Anti-Trust Act
-The Square Deal -
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Teddy Roosevelt
President from 1901-1909 -
William Taft
President from 1909-1913
-Formed his own Progressive Party
-"Trust Busting: initiated 80 anti-trust suits
-League To Enfore Peace
-Civil Service Reform
-Took control of Republican Party -Defeated in the Election of 1912 -
Ida Tarbell
-Journalist
-Leading "muckracker" in Progressive Era
-Book in 1904
-The History of the Standard Oil Company
-Depicted John D. Rockefeller as "money grabbing, crabbed and miserly"
-Investigated by using documents that were found all over the nation
-Her articles began muckracking journalism
-introduced a new form of journalism
-Did not like the muckracker label
-Wrote and article called "Muckracker or Historian" -
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-Accused Standard Oil Company of using unfair tactics to put small companies, like her fathers, out of business -
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William Taft
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Ida Tarbell
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Woodrow Wilson
President from 1913-1921 -
Woodrow Wilson
-President from 1913-1921
-28th President
-Clayton Anti-Trust Act
-Federal Farm Loan Act
-Sixteenth Ammendment
-Federal Reserve Act
-Promoted Labor Union program
-Endorsed 19th ammendment -Endorsed racial segregation -
Jane Adams
-Activist/reformer
-Social worker
-Sociologist
-Author
-Leader in Womens Suffrage and World Peace
-Well known reformer in the Progressive Era
-Turned the attention to the more important issues like:
-needs of children
-local public health
-world peace
-helped middle class women become recognized
-Co-founded the Hull House:
-a settlement house where middle class workers could live
-Co-founder of the ACLU
-First woman to recieve a Nobel Peace Prize
