Chapter 21: Progressivism at High Tide
1909-1914

     I. Taft's Presidency
          A. Domestic Issues
               1. The real *trustbuster*
               2. Problems
                    a. Payne-Aldrich Tariff
                    b. conservation controversy
               3. Continuing Progressive reforms
                    a. suffrage
                    b. Prohibition
                    c. immigration restrictions
                    d. child labor
                    e. changes in the workplace
          B. Foreign Policy
               A. Dollar Diplomacy

     II. Election of 1912
          A. Return of Teddy Roosevelt
          B. Debs and the Socialist Party
          C. Wilson and the Democrats

     III. Wilson's Presidency
          A. Domestic Issues-New Freedom
               1. Underwood Tariff
               2. 16th Amendment ratified
               3. Federal Reserve Act
               4. Clayton Anti-Trust Act
               5. Progressive Failures and Disappointments
          B. Foreign Affairs
               1. Mexican involvement
               2. Europe Explodes

Key Terms

     Payne-Aldrich Tariff
     New Nationalism
     Alice Paul
     Prohibition
     Progressive Party
     Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
     Dollar Diplomacy
     Underwood Tariff
     16th Amendment
     Federal Reserve Act
     Federal Reserve Board
     Clayton Anti-Trust Act
     Five-Dollar Day
     Archduke Ferdinand

Essay Topics

     1. How did Taft and Roosevelt become enemies?

     2. Describe the election of 1912: the candidates, the parties and the issues.

     3. Discuss some of the successful reform movements of Wilson's administration.

     4. Discuss some of the failures and disappointments regarding reform during Wilson's administration.

     5. What were the events that led to the First World War?