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Taft and Wilson (and Roosevelt, too)!!

Taft and Wilson (and Roosevelt, too)!!. Progressivism and a New Freedom. Taft (the President with the large aft). Wins 1908 election Cautiously progressive Accomplishments Payne-Aldrich Tariff (progressives angry) Public lands dispute Ballinger and Pinchot (Pinchot fired). Taft’s Demise.

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Taft and Wilson (and Roosevelt, too)!!

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  1. Taft and Wilson (and Roosevelt, too)!! Progressivism and a New Freedom

  2. Taft (the President with the large aft) • Wins 1908 election • Cautiously progressive • Accomplishments • Payne-Aldrich Tariff (progressives angry) • Public lands dispute • Ballinger and Pinchot (Pinchot fired)

  3. Taft’s Demise • Taft supports Joseph Cannon as House Speaker (weakens progressive programs) • Progressives join Dems • Roosevelt re-enters politics

  4. Bull Moose Party • Roosevelt loses 1912 nomination to Taft • Progressives angry • Form Bull Moose Party • More Voter Registration • Women’s suffrage • Labor legislation & business control

  5. 1912 Election • 4 Parties and Candidates • Taft (Rep.), Roosevelt (Bull Moose), Debs (Socialist), and Woodrow Wilson (Dem.) • Wilson wins on platform of New Freedom • Progressive on labor, business, and banking

  6. Woodrow Wilson and New Freedom • Former Gov. of NJ, Pres. of Princeton • Accomplishments (focus on tariffs, trusts) • Clayton Antitrust Act stops companies buying stock to form monopoly • Federal Trade Commission (FTC)—new “watchdog” agency - investigates regulatory violations - ends unfair business practices

  7. Accomplishments, cont. • 16th Amendment (Federal Income Tax) • Federal ReserveSystem—private banking system under federal control • Nation divided into 12 districts; central bank in each district • Women’s Suffrage (19th Amendment) • Carrie Chapman Catt & NAWSA pressure Wilson

  8. Accomplishments, cont. • Wilson and Civil Rights • NAACP supports election • Wilson opposes anti-lynching legislation • Appoints white southerners to cabinet • NAACP withdraws support • Wins re-election in 1916 on slogan “He kept us out of War” • U.S. enters WWI in 1917 • Reform efforts stall

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