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Roosevelt to Taft
• TR and Progressivism
• Taft and Dollar Diplomacy
• Bumbling at Home
• Teddy Runs Again
• Wilson and the New Freedoms
• TR and the New Nationalism
• The High Water Mark- The Election of 1912
Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Dollar Diplomacy
• The use of military forces in foreign countries to protect American economic interests.
Taft and Domestic Reform
Taft and Domestic Reform
• Used the Sherman Anti-Trust Act to prosecute Monopolies
Taft and Domestic Reform
• Used the Sherman Anti-Trust Act to prosecute Monopolies
• Manns-Elkin Act of 1910
Taft and Domestic Reform
• Used the Sherman Anti-Trust Act to prosecute Monopolies
• Manns-Elkin Act of 1910
• Endorsed 8 Hour Work Day
Taft and Domestic Reform
• Used the Sherman Anti-Trust Act to prosecute Monopolies
• Manns-Elkin Act of 1910
• Endorsed 8 Hour Work Day
• Preferred not to Bypass Congress like TR
Taft and Domestic Reform
• Used the Sherman Anti-Trust Act to prosecute Monopolies
• Manns-Elkin Act of 1910
• Endorsed 8 Hour Work Day
• Preferred not to Bypass Congress like TR\
• Prosecuted US Steel in 1910
Taft as a Progressive Reformer
Taft as a Progressive Reformer
• Postal Savings Bank Plan
Taft as a Progressive Reformer
• Postal Savings Bank Plan
• Children’s Bureau in Dept. of Labor
Taft as a Progressive Reformer
• Postal Savings Bank Plan
• Children’s Bureau in Dept. of Labor
• Federal Income Tax (16th Amendment)
Taft as a Progressive Reformer
• Postal Savings Bank Plan
• Children’s Bureau in Dept. of Labor
• Federal Income Tax (16th Amendment)
• Direct Election of Senators (17th Amend)
Taft as a Progressive Reformer
• Postal Savings Bank Plan
• Children’s Bureau in Dept. of Labor
• Federal Income Tax (16th Amendment)
• Direct Election of Senators (17th Amend)
• Restored Land for Conservation
Taft as a Progressive Reformer
• Postal Savings Bank Plan
• Children’s Bureau in Dept. of Labor
• Federal Income Tax (16th Amendment)
• Direct Election of Senators (17th Amend)
• Restored Land for Conservation
• Took on 80 Anti-Trust Prosecutions
TR
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson’s New Freedoms
Wilson’s New Freedoms
• Lowering Tariffs
Wilson’s New Freedoms
• Lowering Tariffs
• Breaking up the Power of Wall Street
Wilson’s New Freedoms
• Lowering Tariffs
• Breaking up the Power of Wall Street
• Control Business and Break up the Trusts
TR’s New Nationalism
TR’s New Nationalism
• Regulate, not destroy, Big Business
TR’s New Nationalism
• Regulate, not destroy, Big Business
• More Direct Democracy in Politics
TR’s New Nationalism
• Regulate, not destroy, Big Business
• More Direct Democracy in Politics
TR’s New Nationalism
• Regulate, not destroy, Big Business
• More Direct Democracy in Politics
• More Government Social Justice Programs
The Election of 1912
The Election of 1912
• Taft-Republican
• Wilson- Democrat
• TR- Progressive or Bull Moose Party
• Debs- Socialist Party
The Election of 1912
• Taft-Republican-23%
• Wilson- Democrat-42%
• TR- Progressive or Bull Moose Party-27%
• Debs- Socialist Party-6%
Significance of Election of 1912
Significance of Election of 1912
• Featured All Progressives
Significance of Election of 1912
• Featured All Progressives
• First Election to feature Primaries
Significance of Election of 1912
• Featured All Progressives
• First Election to feature Primaries
• Gave Democrats National Power
Significance of Election of 1912
• Featured All Progressives
• First Election to feature Primaries
• Gave Democrats National Power
• Return of the South as national power
Significance of Election of 1912
• Featured All Progressives
• First Election to feature Primaries
• Gave Democrats National Power
• Return of the South as national power
• Reformers switch to the Democratic Party