Roosevelt/Taft/Wilson

Question 1

Theodore Roosevelt

Answer 1

-Republican
-enforced the Sherman Anti-Trust Act
-sued 44 corporations for antitrust violations
-signed the Meat Inspection Act in 1906 to check for
purity of meat
-signed the Pure Food and Drug Act, which banned
impure food and medicine
-created the US Forest Service, conservation of land and
animals
-pushed for civil rights
-won Nobel Peace Prize for progressiveness
-built Panama Canal through funding a revolution to
create the country of Panama

Question 2

William Howard Taft

Answer 2

-Republican
-continued Roosevelt’s attack on trusts (pursued twice as many as Roosevelt)
-policies angered conservationists; made democratic.
social welfare and economic reforms
-passed the 16th and 17th Amendments
caused split in Republican party
-No desire to become president

Question 3

Woodrow Wilson

Answer 3

-Democrat
-due to split between Republican party to form Bull
Moose Party, Wilson won 1912 election
-passed the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914 and the Federal
Reserve Act
-approved of segregation in the federal government
-only president to hold PhD