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1912: The Election that Changed the Century

1912: The Election that Changed the Century. The Candidates And Key Issues. The Progressive Party & Former President Theodore Roosevelt. “A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education,

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1912: The Election that Changed the Century

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  1. 1912: The Election that Changed the Century

  2. The Candidates And Key Issues

  3. The Progressive Party & Former President Theodore Roosevelt “A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad. “

  4. The “Bull Moose” Party: The Latest Arrival at the Political Zoo

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

  6. Theodore Roosevelt atOsawatomie, KS: New Nationalism “Big business requires big government.”

  7. The Republican Party &President William H. Taft

  8. 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.

  9. The Socialist Party & Eugene V. Debs The issue is Socialism versus Capitalism. I am for Socialism because I am for humanity.

  10. 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.

  11. The Democratic Party &Governor Woodrow Wilson (NJ)

  12. 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. N ewFreedom

  13. The 1912 Election Results

  14. GOP Divided by Bull MooseEquals Democratic Victory!

  15. An Actual 1912 Ballot

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

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