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.

Progressivism Under Taft

Continuing TR’s Legacy…Or Not

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.

Trustbusting and Taft

Taft actually pursued more suits against trusts than

Roosevelt did so things are looking

up for a progressive Presidency.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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