Transcript Progressivism Under Taft - Rankin County School District

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 Reforms
Mann-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