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COS Standard 2 Part C. Evaluate social and political origins, accomplishments and limitations of Progressivism.
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COS Standard 2 Part C Evaluate social and political origins, accomplishments and limitations of Progressivism.
Comparing the presidential leadership of T. Roosevelt, W. H. Taft, and W. Wilson in obtaining passage of measures regarding trust-busting, the Hepburn At, the Pure Food and Drug Act, the Federal Trade Commission, the Federal Reserve Act and conservation 18-3
William Howard Taft • Hand picked by TR • Defeated William Jennings Bryan • Slow approach to solving problems • Wanted to lower tariff rates • High tariffs… • limited competition • hurt consumers • protected trusts
Why was Taft unpopular? • Joseph G. Cannon • Speaker of the House • Pushed bills through without discussion • People wanted him unseated • Taft stopped them • Payne-Aldrich Tariff • Raised some taxes instead of lowering them • Richard Ballinger • Secretary of the Interior • Tried to turn over valuable lands in Alaska to a private business group for his own profit
Why was Taft unpopular? continued • Gifford Pinchot leaked to press scandal about Richard Ballinger and Alaska. • Charges were groundless for Ballinger • Pinchot was fired to disobedience • Sold the Square Deal down the river: • Democrats won majority in the House and Democrats and Progressive Republicans gained control of Senate from conservatives • Brought twice as many anti-trust cases as TR • Antitrust lawsuit against US Steel
Taft and Progressivism • Established the Children’s Bureau • Fight child labor • Conservationist • Monitored mining companies • Expanded national forests • Protected waterpower sites from private development
US Steel and Taft • Taft brought a antitrust lawsuit against US Steel • TR established • TR criticizes Taft and decides to run against Taft in the 1912 presidential election.
1912 Election • Republican Conservatives: Taft • Republican progressives: TR • Taft got Republican nomination • TR decides to run for independent Progressive Party or Bull Moose Party