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Teddy Roosevelt: Trustbusting: Roosvelt was named the 'Trustbuster' afterbusting a number of monopolies which violated the sherman Anti-Trust Act.
William Taft Created the Bull Moose Party. Angered the Conservationist by appointing his secretary of the interior Richard A. Balliger, a wealthy lawyer from Seattle.l Ballinger who disapproved of conservationists, removed 1 million acres of forest and mining land and returned it.
Woodrow Wilson: Enabled women to vote in Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Washington and Idaho in 1910. Wilson worked to lower the tariff rates, he also promised to treat blacks equally & to speak out against lynching in 1912.
Reforming the Gov't. Local: Natural Disasters sometimes played and important role in promoting reform of city gov. State: Local reforms coincided with progressive efforts and the state level. National: People pressured the national gov to do away with child labor because it was lowering other workers wages.
Fight For womens Suffrage: Before the civil war, married middle-class women were generally expected to devote their time to the care of their homes & families. Many of the women who became active in public life in the late 19th century had attended the new women's colleges. With higher educated women want to vote, so women faught back in an attempt to convince others, they pull lines like: 'Aren't women citizens too?'
