Progressive Era Presidents: Progressive Presidents Roosevelt, And Theodore Roosevelt

Progressive Presidents After analyzing Woodrow Wilson, William H. Taft, and Theodore Roosevelt, it is easy to conclude that they are all Progressive in their own way. However, some are more so than the others. Each of the three Progressive Era presidents worked to support labor reform, but Roosevelt did more than just that. Theodore Roosevelt was the most Progressive president out of the three because despite failing to push for several reforms, he succeeding in establishing progress in the realms of social reform, conservation, consumer protection, and the promotion of competition in business. Firstly, President Roosevelt attempted social reform. He invited Booker T. Washington to dinner at the White House, which was a move that received a lot of criticism. Roosevelt was not entirely active in pushing for minority rights, but he was better with it than the others. For example, Woodrow Wilson was part of the KKK, so it is safe to say that he did not entirely support the equal rights movement. Also, President Roosevelt was an enthusiastic worker for conservation. He worked with Gifford Pinchot, the head of the U.S. Forest Service, and John Muir of the Sierra Club to pursue effective land management. Roosevelt set aside around 150,000,000 acres of land as national forests. On the …show more content…
Starting by investigating the meat-packing industry, Roosevelt found lots of issues in the quality of food products being manufactured in the U.S. As a result, the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act were passed. The Meat Inspection Act allowed certain officials to inspect meat products and condemn any that were unfit for sale and/or consumption. The Pure Food and Drug Act prevented the sale of products with labels that did not list correct information. Wilson and Taft did not have any notable examples of protecting consumers, though they both indirectly worked towards it by improving working