Progressivisim in Presedency

“Everyone Loves a Fat Man” - William Taft The Most Progressive President In the early nineteen hundreds, the events that come to mind first are most likely World War I, which was going on at full steam, maybe even the Wright brothers making their first successful flight, and most likely the subject of racism and segregation. All these events became a major part of the future of our nation, and even the world. But nothing …

…workers, and dropped federal worker’s days down to eight hours. True, he was known as being hostile towards unions, but he respected the American workers and made any reforms that would benefit them. From the Mann-Elkins act to the Payne-Aldridge Act, and introducing the concept of Income Tax, Taft made many progressive reforms that molded our country to how it is today. And as William H. Taft says, “Everyone love’s a fat man.”