COMPARISON CHART OF PRESIDENTS ROOSEVELT, TAFT, …



COMPARISON CHART OF PRESIDENTS ROOSEVELT, TAFT, AND WILSON

|ROOSEVELT |TAFT |WILSON |

| Republican |Republican |Democrat |

|Former leader of Rough Riders |Prosecuted 2X the trusts Roosevelt did |Progressive President |

|McKinley’s vice President |Progressive president |Won the 1912 election due to the split in the Republican party with the Bull Moose |

|Progressive President |Established the children’s Bureau |Party |

|Added 150 million acres to national forests |Viewed Presidency as administrative job. |New Freedom Policy |

|Established 5 National parks |Postal Savings System |First President to hold regularly scheduled press conferences. |

|Started 4 national game preserves |Alaska was given territorial government |Reduced Tariffs-congress passed the bill Underwood Tariff, which reduced the average |

|Created 51 Federal Bird reservations |Expanded the number of acres of national forest |tariff. |

|25 irrigation or reclamation projects |Supported laws requiring mine owners to improve safety |Reformed banks- Federal Reserve System created in 1913. |

|Sherman Anti-trust Act |Believed in supporting or working with other countries |Regulating Trusts- Clayton Antitrust Act in 1914, which broadened the Sherman |

|Worked with Unions and owners to accept, arbitration-an agreement by an |through business “Dollar Diplomacy” |Antitrust Act. |

|outside party |After Presidency he became Chief Justice of the United |Established Federal Trade Commission (FTC) |

|Passed the Pure food and drug Act |States 1921-1930. |Protected workers-federal law regulating the use of children as workers in factories |

|Meat inspection Act | |and mines. |

|Split from Republican Party to run in the “Bull Moose Party” during the | |Also, gave compensation for injuries on the job. |

|1912 election. | | |

|Panama Canal began during his presidency | | |

|Established the U.S. Forestry Service | | |

|Foreign policy “Big Stick Policy” | | |

Write a short paragraph explaining why you think one of these gentlemen was a better President than the other two. (5-6 sentences)

COMPARISON CHART OF PRESIDENTS ROOSEVELT, TAFT, AND WILSON

|ROOSEVELT |TAFT |WILSON |

| Republican |Republican |Democrat |

|Former leader of Rough Riders |Prosecuted 2X the trusts Roosevelt did |Progressive President |

|McKinley’s vice President |Progressive president |Won the 1912 election due to the split in the Republican party with the Bull Moose |

|Progressive President |Established the children’s Bureau |Party |

|Added 150 million acres to national forests |Viewed Presidency as administrative job. |New Freedom Policy |

|Established 5 National parks |Postal Savings System |First President to hold regularly scheduled press conferences. |

|Started 4 national game preserves |Alaska was given territorial government |Reduced Tariffs-congress passed the bill Underwood Tariff, which reduced the average |

|Created 51 Federal Bird reservations |Expanded the number of acres of national forest |tariff. |

|25 irrigation or reclamation projects |Supported laws requiring mine owners to improve safety |Reformed banks- Federal Reserve System created in 1913. |

|Sherman Anti-trust Act |Believed in supporting or working with other countries |Regulating Trusts- Clayton Antitrust Act in 1914, which broadened the Sherman |

|Worked with Unions and owners to accept, arbitration-an agreement by an |through business “Dollar Diplomacy” |Antitrust Act. |

|outside party |After Presidency he became Chief Justice of the United |Established Federal Trade Commission (FTC) |

|Passed the Pure food and drug Act |States 1921-1930. |Protected workers-federal law regulating the use of children as workers in factories |

|Meat inspection Act | |and mines. |

|Split from Republican Party to run in the “Bull Moose Party” during the | |Also, gave compensation for injuries on the job. |

|1912 election. | | |

|Panama Canal began during his presidency | | |

|Established the U.S. Forestry Service | | |

|Foreign policy “Big Stick Policy” | | |

Write a short paragraph explaining why you think one of these gentlemen was a better President than the other two. (5-6 sentences)

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