Quiz on Monday
Went over presentations. Muckrakers were given the name because they raked the muck of society and brought it to the public light. 18th Amendment removed the production, transportation, and selling of alcohol. Upton Sinclair revealed the bad Meat Quality. Trustbuster was Theodore Roosevelt's nickname. Theodore liked to conserve land, Newlands Reclamation Act of 1902, funded irrigation projects for the 20 western states. Taft never liked/wanted to be president. Lived in Roosevelt's shadow, upset both Progressives and Conservatives. Taft was very large. Tariffs designed to keep people buying American. Tariffs are meant to tax imported goods. Taft was in the middle. Progressives wanted lower Tariffs lowered. Payen-Aldrich Tariff kept Tariffs very similar.
Teddy Roosevelt and Taft lost because they fought each other instead of Woodrow Wilson
Roosevelt made Bull-Moose Party
Declared Neutrality in World War I, we could trade with both sides. Britain seized ships, Germany sunk ships. This pushed America to British side of the war
Bull-Moose named for what he said in the hospital "I am as strong as a Bull-Moose"
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