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17-4/17-5 Taft & Wilson

17-4/17-5 Taft & Wilson. Mr. Wells Hickory Ridge HS. The Republican Party & President William H. Taft. President Taft. Won election of William Jennings Bryan in 1908 Supported by Theodore Roosevelt - Taft was TR’s Secretary of State Never got credit for busting 90 trusts

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17-4/17-5 Taft & Wilson

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  1. 17-4/17-5 Taft & Wilson Mr. WellsHickory Ridge HS

  2. The Republican Party &President William H. Taft

  3. President Taft • Won election of William Jennings Bryan in 1908 • Supported by Theodore Roosevelt - Taft was TR’s Secretary of State • Never got credit for busting 90 trusts • Payne-Aldrich Tariff • Taft wanted to lower tariffs • Roosevelt warned against this • Congress passed tariff which barely cut tariffs and raised prices on some of them • Taft lost a lot of support from Progressives

  4. Never Again! Taft Abandons Support for Women’s Suffrage

  5. ConservationIssue:TheBallinger-PinchotControversy

  6. KeeptheWhistleBlowing Taft was determined to defeat TR and preserve the Republican Party.

  7. Republican Party Platform • High import tariffs. • Put limitations on female and child labor. • Workman’s Compensation Laws. • Against initiative, referendum, and recall. • Favored businesses – against bad trusts • Creation of a Federal Trade Commission. • Stay on the gold standard. • Conservation of natural resources because they are finite.

  8. The Progressive Party &Former President Theodore Roosevelt People should riseabove their sectarianinterests to promote the general good.

  9. Theodore Roosevelt atOsawatomie, KS: New Nationalism Big business requires big government.

  10. TheAnti-Third-TermPrinciple

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

  12. As Big As a Balloon Tariff Reform

  13. TR&Women’sSuffrage: The Militant Recruit

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

  15. Growth of the Socialist Vote

  16. The Industrial Worker: I. W. W. The first American labor group to open its membership to all wage-earning workers, regardless of skill, nationality, race, sex, or gender.

  17. Socialist Party Platform • Government ownership of railroads and utilities (Business). • Guaranteed income tax. • No tariffs. • 8-hour work day. • Better housing. • Government inspection of factories. • Women’s suffrage.

  18. The Democratic Party &Governor Woodrow Wilson (NJ) Could he rescue the Democratic Party from “Bryanism”??

  19. Democratic Party Platform • Government control of the monopolies  trusts in general were bad  supports small business • 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. NewFreedom

  20. UpAgainst theHurdles

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

  22. GOP Divided by Bull MooseEquals Democratic Victory!

  23. Democrats Take The White House • NJ Gov. Woodrow Wilson elected President • New Freedom Platform

  24. Clayton Anti-Trust Act of 1914 • Corporations can’t buy stock if it creates a monopoly • Injunctions against strikers prohibited unless they destroy property • Samuel Gompers (AFL) calls it the Magna Carta for labor • Labor Unions and Farm organizations can exist •  no longer subject to Anti-Trust laws

  25. Clayton Anti-Trust Act of 1914

  26. The Federal Trade Commission 1914 • Power to investigate corporations and unfair business practices • Required periodic reports from corporations Federal Trade Commission in Washington, DC

  27. The Underwood Act of 1913 • Greatly reduced tariffs (1st since Civil War) • Wilson urged voters to monitor their Senators votes • Senate wanted this more than the House The Sixteenth Amendment - Taxed more on higher incomes than lower - Gained more revenue in 1917 than tariffs

  28. The Federal Reserve System (1913) • Divided the Nation in 12 Districts • Established regional banks in each district • Transfers money to banks in trouble

  29. The Federal Reserve System (1913)

  30. The Women’s Struggle • By 1910, only 5 states allowed women to vote • Boston groups organized door to door campaign • National Women’s Party created (Radical) •  picketed the White House

  31. Success to Women’s Suffrage • Active local & grass root groups • New strategies to build enthusiasm • National Movement under Carrie Chapman Catt • 19th Amendment finally • passed in 1920

  32. President Wilson’s Broken Promises • Opposed federal anti-lynching legislation • Appointed segregationists to his Cabinet • Failed to oppose resegregation of federal offices • Delegation of African- • Americans told Wilson he • betrayed them (11/12/1914) •  William M. Trotter

  33. BIBLIOGRAPHY “1912—Competing Visions for America.”Ohio State University.http://history.osu.edu/projects/1912/ HarpWeek/Elections. “Election of 1912.”http://www.elections.harpweek.co Susan M. Pojer – Horace Greely HS, NY Chris Balga – Hickory Ridge HS, NC

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