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