Today's Agenda

Content Standard: HS.UH.CH.2
Analyze changes to economic policies, the size of government and the power of government between 1890-1945.

Learning Target:
I can compare and contrast Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson’s domestic policies, and I can evaluate the degree to which they addressed the problems of the era.

Critical Vocabulary: “Square Deal,” Anthracite Coal Strike, Northern Securities Company, “Trust-Buster,” Department of Commerce and Labor, Elkins Act, Hepburn Act, Upton Sinclair, The Jungle, Meat Inspection Act, Pure Food and Drug Act, Newlands Act of 1902, John Muir, Sierra Club, Payne-Aldrich Tariff, Ballinger-Pinchot Dispute, “Old Guard” Republicans, “New Nationalism,” “Bull Moose” Party, “New Freedom,” “Triple Wall of Privilege,” Underwood Tariff Bill, Sixteenth Amendment, Federal Reserve Act, Federal Reserve Board, Federal Trade Commission Act, Clayton Anti-Trust Act
 
Today's Agenda:

1. Background Question: Who were the presidential candidates in the Election of 1912? How did the split in the Republican Party influence the outcome of the election?
2. Citizenship Question: What is the political party of the current President? 
   A. Democratic
   B. Libertarian
   C. Progressive
   D. Republican
3. Independent Learning: Woodrow Wilson Questions
4. Reflection Question: How did Wilson use the power of the presidency to further Progressive goals? Give specific examples of actions he took and / or laws that were passed.