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Taft's Presidency and the Split in the Republican Party

Explore how Taft's presidency led to a split in the Republican Party due to his approach to progressive reform, the Payne-Aldrich Tariff, disputes over public lands, and the election of 1912.

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Taft's Presidency and the Split in the Republican Party

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  1. STANDARD(S) ADDRESS: 11.2 Students analyze the relationship among the rise of industrialization, large-scale rural-to-urban migration, and massive immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe. LESSON OBJECTIVES/ GOALS/ SWBAT • Summarize the events of the Taft presidency. • Explain the division in the Republican Party. • Describe the election of 1912.

  2. A BULLDOG ALWAYS Commitment Attitude CARES Respect Encouragement Safety

  3. Section 4 Progressivism Under Taft Taft’s ambivalent approach to progressive reform leads to a split in the Republican Party and the loss of the presidency to the Democrats. NEXT

  4. SECTION 4 Progressivism under Taft Taft Becomes President • Taft Stumbles • 1908, Republican William Howard Taft wins with Roosevelt’s support • Has cautiously progressive agenda; gets little credit for successes • Does not use presidential bully pulpit to arouse public opinion Continued . . . NEXT

  5. Republican William Howard Taft easily defeated Democrat William Jennings Bryan to win the 1908 presidential election Among his accomplishments, Taft “busted” 90 trusts during his 4 years in office Taft, right, was Roosevelt’s War Secretary

  6. SECTION 4 continuedTaft Becomes President • The Payne-Aldrich Tariff • Taft signs Payne-Aldrich Tariff—compromise bill, moderate tariffs • Progressives angry, think he abandoned low tariffs, progressivism NEXT

  7. Taft made matters worse by defending both the Payne-Aldrich Tariff and Canadian Reciprocity.  • He traveled to Des Moines, the Iowa capital and a place seething with resentment over the failure of the Payne-Aldrich tariff to reduceduties substantially, to deliver a speech defending his administration's tariff policies.

  8. SECTION 4 continuedTaft Becomes President Disputing Public Lands • Conservationists angry Richard A. Ballinger named interior secretary - Ballinger puts reserved lands in public domain • Interior official protests action, is fired, writes magazine exposé • Gifford Pinchot head of U.S. Forest Service - testifies against Ballinger - is fired by Taft NEXT

  9. Chapter 9 Section 4 Progressivism Under Taft • A – How did Taft’s appointee Richard Ballinger anger conservationists? • Ballinger didn’t approve of conserving western lands; • He permitted the sale of reserved lands to business interests.

  10. SECTION 4 The Republican Party Splits • Problems within the Party • Republicans split over Taft’s support of House Speaker Joseph Cannon • Cannon weakens progressive agenda; progressives ally with Democrats • 1910 midterm elections, Democrats get control of House Continued . . . NEXT

  11. TAFT LOSES POWER Taft was not popular with the American public nor reform minded Republicans By 1910, Democrats had regained control of the House of Representatives Taft called the Presidency, “The lonesomest job in the world”

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  13. SECTION 4 continuedThe Republican Party Splits • The Bull Moose Party • 1912 convention, Taft people outmaneuver Roosevelt’s for nomination • Progressives form Bull Moose Party;nominate Roosevelt, call for: • - more voter participation in government • - woman suffrage • - labor legislation, business controls • Runs against Democrat Woodrow Wilson, reform governor of NJ NEXT

  14. B – What were the differences between Taft’s and Roosevelt’s campaign platforms? • Roosevelt’s campaign platform was much more progressive. • He advocated for change using the govt’s power

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  16. SECTION 4 Democrats Win in 1912 • The Election • Wilson endorses progressive platform called the New Freedom • - wants stronger antitrust laws, banking reform, lower tariffs • - calls all monopolies evil • Roosevelt wants oversight of big business; not all monopolies bad • Socialist Party candidate Eugene V. Debs wants to end capitalism • Wilson wins great electoral victory; gets majority in Congress NEXT

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  18. 1912 ELECTION Republicans split in 1912 between Taft and Teddy Roosevelt (who returned after a long trip to Africa) Convention delegates nominated Taft Some Republicans formed a third party – The Bull Moose Party and nominated Roosevelt The Democrats put forward a reform - minded New Jersey Governor, Woodrow Wilson

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  20. WILSON WIN in 1912

  21. WILSON’S NEW FREEDOM As America’s newly elected president, Wilson moved to enact his program, the “New Freedom” He planned his attack on what he called the triple wall of privilege: trusts, tariffs, and high finance W. Wilson U.S. President 1912-1920

  22. C – What might be one of Wilson’s first issue to address as president? • Wilson might concentrate on the relationship between business and govt.

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