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6.4 Progressive Spir
6.4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Theodore Roosevelt | vice-president who became president upon McKinley's death; Progressive President; Made regulating business a top goal. First conservation president. |
| Pure Food and Drub Act | law stopping the manufacture |
| conservation | the protection of nature and its resources |
| William Howard Taft | became president in 1908; moved cautiously with progressive reform |
| Progressive Party | nicknamed the Bull Moose Party; formed so Roosevelt could run for president in 1912 |
| Woodrow Wilson | Democratic president who worked to regulate tariffs |
| Sixteenth Amendment | allows the federal government to impose direct taxes on people's incomes |