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    William McKinley was assassinated in 1901 by Leon Czolgosz, an anarchist, marking the end of an era of social upheaval, imperialism, and political violence at the turn of the century. Theodore Roosevelt, who was vice president, became the youngest president in American history. As president, Roosevelt pursued progressive reforms like antitrust laws and conservation efforts. He expanded the power of the presidency and oversaw the construction of the Panama Canal.

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    William McKinley was assassinated in 1901 by Leon Czolgosz, an anarchist, marking the end of an era of social upheaval, imperialism, and political violence at the turn of the century. Theodore Roosevelt, who was vice president, became the youngest president in American history. As president, Roosevelt pursued progressive reforms like antitrust laws and conservation efforts. He expanded the power of the presidency and oversaw the construction of the Panama Canal.

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    National Progressivism – Turn of the Century

    2/9/18

    William McKinley was assassinated in September 6, 1901

    - Leon Czolgosz

    o Anarchist

    o “done my duty”

    McKinley’s assassination marked an end of an era.

    - Changes at the Turn of the Century

    o Social upheaval

    o Scramble for Africa

    o Attempted Russian Revolution, 1905

    o Six heads of state assassinated by anarchists

    o Social Darwinism (The wealthy are wealthy, because they are the strongest. The

    weak are doomed to die.)

    Daddy Theodore Roosevelt

    - Born 1858, NYC

    - 1912, shot in the chest by a deranged man but continued to finish his hour-long speech

    before having the bullet removed

    - Elected to NY state legislature

    - 1884, wife and mother died on the same day


    o as a result, isolated himself and became a cowboy

    - Returned, and became US civil service commissioner

    - Became assistant secretary of the navy

    - Governor of New York

    - Was Vice President under McKinley

    - Became the youngest president in American History after McKinley’s assassination

    President Teddy Roosevelt, 1901-1908

    - Anti-trust laws

    - Conservation efforts

    - Consumer protection

    - Expanded power of Presidency

    - Panama Canal

    - Anti-racism

    - Interstate railroad regulation

    - Interventionist Progressive

    - Denounced big business, president of the people

    o Wildly popular

    - Active, energetic, and wrote 36 books in 7 different languages

    - Won his second term, said he would not run again

    Ant-Trust, and the growth of corporate power


    - 4227 firms merged to form 257 corporations in the late 19 th century

    - By 1904, 318 companies controlled 40% of steel industry

    - Under Roosevelt, the federal government was involved in 44 anti-trust suits

    o Standard Oil: broken into 34 companies

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