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1912: The Election that Changed the Century

1912: The Election that Changed the Century. Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY. The Candidates. For the Republican Party: President William H. Taft. Keep the Whistle Blowing.

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1912: The Election that Changed the Century

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  1. 1912: The Election that Changed the Century Ms. Susan M. PojerHorace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY

  2. The Candidates

  3. For the Republican Party: President William H. Taft

  4. KeeptheWhistleBlowing Taft was determined to defeat TR and preserve the conservative heart of the Republican Party.

  5. Come, Mr. President. You Can’t Have the Stage ALL of the Time!

  6. Republican Party Platform • High import tariffs. • Put limitations on female and child labor. • Workman’s Compensation Laws. • Against initiative, referendum, and recall. • Against “bad” trusts. • Creation of a Federal Trade Commission. • Stay on the gold standard. • Conservation of natural resources because they are finite.

  7. The GOPAftertheCircus TR The Republican Party must stand for the rights of humanity, or else it must stand for special privilege.

  8. For the Progressive Party: Former President Theodore Roosevelt People should riseabove their sectarianinterests to promote the general good.

  9. Theodore Roosevelt atOsawatomie, KS: New Nationalism Big business requires big government.

  10. TheAnti-Third-TermPrinciple

  11. The “Bull Moose”Party:The LatestArrivalat thePolitical Zoo We stand at Armageddon, and we battle for the Lord! ONWARD, CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS!

  12. Progressive Party Platform • Women’s suffrage. • Graduated income tax. • Inheritance tax for the rich. • Lower tariffs. • Limits on campaign spending. • Currency reform. • Minimum wage laws. • Social insurance. • Abolition of child labor. • Workmen’s compensation. NewNationalism

  13. For the Socialist Party: Eugene V. Debs “The issue is Socialism versus Capitalism. I am for Socialism because I am for humanity.”

  14. “The Working Class Candidates” Eugene V. Debs Emil Seigel for President for Vice-President

  15. Growth of the Socialist Vote

  16. The Industrial Worker: I. W. W. The first American labor group to open its membership to all wage-earning workers, regardless of skill, nationality, race, sex, or gender.

  17. Socialist Party Platform • Government ownership of railroads and utilities. • Guaranteed income tax. • No tariffs. • 8-hour work day. • Better housing. • Government inspection of factories. • Women’s suffrage.

  18. For the Democratic Party:Governor Woodrow Wilson (NJ) Could he rescue the Democratic Party from “Bryanism”??

  19. The ReformGovernorof NJ:It TakesTimeto Removethe Grime

  20. WhichWaytoJump?

  21. Democratic Party Platform • Government control of the monopolies  trusts in general were bad  eliminate them!! • Tariff reduction. • One-term President. • Direct election of Senators. • Create a Department of Labor. • Strengthen the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. • Did NOT support women’s suffrage. • Opposed to a central bank. NewFreedom

  22. The “Seas” [of Opportunity]Open Up for the Democrats

  23. The Key Issues

  24. UpAgainst theHurdles

  25. As Big As a Balloon Tariff Reform

  26. ConservationIssue:TheBallinger-PinchotControversy

  27. The Unanswerable Argument for Suffrage

  28. Never Again! Taft Abandons Support for Women’s Suffrage

  29. TR&Women’sSuffrage: The Militant Recruit

  30. Woman Suffrage Before 1920

  31. Songs of the Sunny South

  32. Lynching& theRaceIssue

  33. Trying to Catch the Colored Vote

  34. Mr. Lewis Gets His Share

  35. The Results

  36. An Actual 1912 Ballot

  37. Election Results • By 1912, 100,000 fewer people had voted for Wilson than had voted for Bryan in 1908. • The 1912 election marked the high point of the Socialist movement in America.

  38. Oh, That ThisToo, TooSolid SouthWould Melt!

  39. GOP Divided by Bull MooseEquals Democratic Victory!

  40. On Uncle Sam’s Farm The Democratic party took control of the Senate for the first time in 20 years.

  41. TheGOP (Republican Party): AnExtinctAnimal?

  42. How did the election of 1912 change politics in America for the rest of the 20c?

  43. For Further Reading

  44. BIBLIOGRAPHY “1912—Competing Visions for America.”Ohio State University.http://history.osu.edu/projects/1912/ HarpWeek/Elections. “Election of 1912.”http://www.elections.harpweek.com/

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