Transcript 18.3 Reform Under Taft - Harpursville Middle School

18.3 Reform Under Taft
Objective
Evaluate the success of Taft as a
Progressive President.
Bellringer
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is following labor laws?
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Questions
What contributions did the Taft administration
make to reform?
What did T. Roosevelt accomplish through his
Square Deal?
How did the Galveston Hurricane help to
produce a new political structure for the cities?
What were the conditions like in the Middle
Passage?
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Questions
1. What did T. Roosevelt pledge to accomplish
with the Square Deal?
2. What was the Wisconsin Plan?
3. How did the many US cities increase
government efficiency while decreasing
corruption?
4. What were the differences between the
Federalists and Antifederalists?
C. Reform Under Taft
1. Taft Takes Office
a. 1908 Election
Taft (R) v.
William Jennings Bryan (D)
b. Administration
filed 90
antitrust
suits
c. Mann-Elkins Act
(1910) – ICC’s
power extended
over the
telephone
and telegraph
d. Pursued conservation –added to forest
reserves
e. Dept. of Labor created
f. 16th
amendment
passed
(1913) –
national
income tax
2. Taft Angers the Progressives
a. Taft signed the Payne Aldrich Tariff
into law – very high tariffs– calls it the
“Best tariff bill ever passed..”
(Progressives liked low tariffs to stimulate
competition from foreign companies to
reduce the monopoly’s power)
b. Ballinger – Pinchot Affair
1.) Ballinger sold Alaskan land
2.) Pinchot criticizes
3.) Taft warns him to stop
4.) Pinchot doesn’t and is fired
5.) result
a.) Republicans lose the House in 1910
b.) Taft makes an enemy of Teddy
Roosevelt
c. T. Roosevelt campaigns against Taft and
proposes a NEW NATIONALISM (fought
forlaws to protect workers, ensure public
health and regulate business)
3. The Republican Party Divides
a. Taft was neutral in the political battle
between Joseph Canon (Speaker of the
House and conservative Rep.) and
Progressives (including George Norris)
b. T. Roosevelt wins the primaries of most
states yet does not get the Republican
nomination
c. Roosevelt decides to run as a 3rd party
candidate – Progressive/Bull Moose
4. A Democratic Victory in 1912
a. Woodrow Wilson (D) =winner v.
Taft (R) v.
Roosevelt (P)
b. Wilson’s program =New Freedom
1.) return to small businesses
2.) goal of reform = eliminate corruption
3.) supported the free market
Closure
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