Progressive Era

Read Chapter 17-4 (Progressivism Under Taft) and Chapter 17-5 (Wilson's New Freedom)



1. How did William Howard Taft get selected to run for president?
-William Howard Taft was handpicked by Teddy Roosevelt to run for the president.




2. How did Teddy Roosevelt come to oppose Taft for the presidency in 1912?
-Many people refused to vote and made a third party and Teddy Roosevelt was nominated for the presidency. Taft wasnt making a good effort and wasnt expanding on the Roosevelt reforms.



3. What events helped Woodrow Wilson win the election in 1912?
-He supported small buisnesses and thought of monopolies as a threat which many people agreed with.






4. What legislation did Wilson use to attack trusts and monopolies?
-Wilson used Congress to attack trust and monopolies by making the Clayton Antitrust Act.






5. What was the Nineteenth Amendment?
- the Nineteenth Amendment was a amendment allowing women to vote.






6. How did America's entry into World War II affect the reform movement?
-There is not a chance of the progress of reform when war is the principal part.. Worl war Iput a stop to the reform. Reform efforts stalled so america had to join the war.