progressive presidents

1. What were the effects of progressivism
in the national government in the early
1900s?
Aim: What were the effects of
progressivism in the national
government in the early 1900s?

2. DoNow:

3. Progressive Presidents

4. • Teddy Roosevelt became the
youngest US president when
McKinley was shot

5. 1. Assemblyman, New York
state 1881-1884
2. Rancher, Dakotas, 1884-
1886
3. NYC Police
Commissioners, New
York City, 1895-1897
4. Assistant Secretary of
the Navy, 1897-1898
5. Colonel of Rough Riders,
1898
6. Governor of New York,
1898-1901
7. Vice-President of the
United States, 1901
8. President of the United
States, 1901-1909
Theodore
“Teddy”
Roosevelt’s
resume…

6. William H. Taft
resume…
1. lawyer
2. judge of the Cincinnati Superior
Court
3. Judge of the U.S. court of
appeals
4. Governor of the Philippines
5. US Secretary of War
6. US President

7. The Election of

8. Woodrow
Wilson’s
resume…
1. lawyer
2. professor
3. president of
Princeton University
4. governor of New
Jersey
5. US President

9. Task: read about the
progressive presidents
and grade their
performance.

10. Task:
1. Get into groups of 3.
2. Number yourselves 1-2-3.
3. Go to the assigned numbered
section in the room.
4. Read the short bio and grade the
progressive president.

11. Synthesis:
1. Go back to your groups and share
the grades with your peers.
2. Then, decide together where to
place the word in the Venn
diagram.

12.  How are these Presidents’ progressive
reforms changing the federal government?

13. Reflection:
1. How did Progressive Presidents
influence government?
2. What were the effects of progressivism
in the national government in the early
1900s?