bell ringer turn in homework grab the reading on tr and the square deal and a copy of apparts. ...
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Bell Ringer
Turn in Homework
Grab the reading on TR and the Square Deal and a copy of APPARTS.
Read the story from Lincoln Steffens about TR and complete the APPARTS outline on a separate sheet of paper.
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Progressivism Under Taft
Continuing TR’s Legacy…Or Not
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Teddy Passes the Torch
William Howard Taft defeats
Bryan and it is expected that he carry the torch
of progressivism for Teddy after he leaves office.
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Trustbusting and Taft
Taft actually pursued more suits against trusts than
Roosevelt did so things are looking
up for a progressive Presidency.
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More Taft ReformsMann-Elkins
Act, 1910
This extended the regulatory powers of the ICC to telephone and telegraph companies.
16th Amendment, 1913
This creates a graduated income tax, based on personal income as a way to fund government programs in a fair manner.
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Taft Angers Progressives
Payne-Aldrich Tariff
This was a high-tariff which Taft refused to veto.
Progressives wanted a low tariff and this began to anger many of them.
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Conflict Over Public Lands
Gifford Pinchot head of US Forest Service under Roosevelt believed wilderness areas could be used for both public (government) and private development
Pinchot and Ballinger (secretary of interior) got in a dispute over public lands
Pinchot accused Ballinger (made a huge sale of land to a coal company) of being swayed by commercial interests
Taft fired Pinchot for siding with Ballinger
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Election of 1912
The Election of 1912 involves a 3rd party split of the Republican Party.
The result of this is a win for the Democrats.
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The Republican Split
Taft
Republicans saw to it that Taft got the Republican nomination for the election of 1912.
Roosevelt
Roosevelt, dissatisfied with the job Taft had done in office, decided that he would create a new Party and run for President in 1912.
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Bull Moose Party
Roosevelt spoke of a “New Nationalism” in which government would look out for good of people
New party formed: Progressive Party or later known as Bull Moose Party
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Bull Moose Party
Platform focused on direct election of Senators, adoption in all states of the initiative referendum, women’s suffrage, workmen's compensation, eight-hour workday, minimum wage for women, ban on child labor and trade commission to regulate business
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Democrats in 1912 Split in Republican party gave Democrats
first real chance in years.
They nominated Woodrow Wilson
Supported a progressive platform called New Freedom
Demanded stronger antitrust legislation, bank reform and reduced tariffs
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Democrats in 1912 Republicans were destroying each
other with insults
Wilson sat quietly and continued to press his issues
Voters had a wide variety to vote for everything from progressive movements to socialist (Eugene Debs) to conservative to something new
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Democrats Win!!!!!! Wilson only captured 42 percent of the
popular vote but he won an overwhelming number of electoral college votes...435 out of 531