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Day 56 Progressive Under Taft. Homework: 328-331. Taft Becomes President 27. Roosevelt decided not to run again and picked his secretary of War Taft to run against Bryant. Taft wins easily, but in shadow of Roosevelt Payne- Aldrich Tariff compromise that upset most
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Day 56 Progressive Under Taft • Homework: 328-331
Taft Becomes President 27 • Roosevelt decided not to run again and picked his secretary of War Taft to run against Bryant. • Taft wins easily, but in shadow of Roosevelt • Payne- Aldrich Tariff compromise that upset most • Gifford Pinchot called for balanced conservation policy • Taft also moved away from conservationism another progressive agenda under Roosevelt
Split Party • Taft backs speaker of the house that appointed himself to house rules committee (deciding on bills)- further splitting conservatives and progressive republicans • In the midterm election of 1910 the democrats take the house
Bull Moose • Teddy Roosevelt decided to run for a third term. • Taft’s as incumbent controlled convention and replaced Roosevelt delegates • Progressives refused to vote and formed a new party Progressive Party (nicknamed Bull Moose party) • Platform included – women suffrage, workmen’s compensation, 8 hour work day, child labor laws and a minimum wage
Democrats win Election of 1912 • Socialist Eugene Debs win no Electoral vote but takes 900,872 votes. Call to end capitalism • Woodrow Wilson (Pres. 28) a reform minded Democrat takes advantage of split wins easily in the electoral college with 435 but only 42% of vote • Wilson called for “New Freedoms” a progressive Democratic platform
Summary Questions • Who was the head of the US Forrest Service under Roosevelt and Taft that pushed for conservation? • Which Republican gained the party nomination and sought re-election in 1912? • What democrat took on progressive reform issues to become president? • This party was also known as the Bull Moose Party? • Under the which president did progressives and conservatives begin to fragment? • What candidate did the Progressive Party Nominate? • Taft upset progressives by signing this Tariff into law.