Election of 1900 Republican Candidate – William McKinley Democratic Candidate – William Jennings Bryan, the Cowardly Lion, McKinley would win but would be assassinated less than a year later – Theodore Roosevelt becomes president Statement made about Roosevelt - “Don’t any of you realize that there’s only one life between that madman and the presidency?”

Assassination of William McKinley. Czolgosz shoots President McKinley with a concealed revolver, at Pan-American Exposition reception, Sept. 6th, 1901.

1 st Vice President to become President & then be elected in his own right. 1 st Pres. To set up the 1 st White House Press Room 1 st Pres. To invite an African American – Booker T. Washington to dinner at the White House. 1 st Pres. To leave U.S. soil while in the White House – Panama Canal in st Pres. To fly in an airplane – purchase of Wright’s brothers plane led to U.S. Army Air Force.

Meat Inspection Act Strict sanitary conditions & meat rating system TR believed in giving America a fair deal or a fair shake. Pure Food and Drug Act All ingredients on label Coal Strike – TR forces owners to talk to and compromise with labor. TR – SQUAR E DEAL THEODORE ROOSEVELT – SQUARE DEAL…TRUST BUSTER…

Standard Oil TRUST BUSTER Northern Securities Duke’s Tobacco

Conservation Roosevelt set aside vast wilderness lands for conservation. These later became part of the country's national parks and nature reserves – 1 st Park is Yellowstone Roosevelt created the US Forest Service Wilson created the National Park Service Teddy Roosevelt and John Muir in Yosemite National Park

"Big Bill" was over 300 pounds and 6'2". Needing a big bathtub, he had a 7' long 41" wide tub installed that could accommodate 4 normal-sized men. The heaviest president at 332 pounds, Taft struggled all his adult life with a weight problem. He got stuck in the White House bathtub and had to have an oversized version brought in for his use. Taft was the first president to have a car at the White House (he had the White House stables converted into a 4-car garage), to throw out the first ball to begin the professional baseball season, and the first president to be buried in the National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.

The Taft campaign created "Billy Possum" as a character to represent "William Howard Taft". Somehow the "possum" was never as popular as the "teddy bear". Here the tag on the animal on the left says "Teddy Bear" and the tag on the right animal says "Billy Possum". The animals shake paws as the "possum" representing Taft walks toward the Capital Dome representing the incoming administration.

William Howard Taft Did not want presidency, wanted to be a justice on the Supreme Court Successes – continued Roosevelt's anti-trust suits, gave the gov’t worker an 8 hour day, created the Department of Labor Roosevelt felt Taft was not doing a good job Only man in American History to be president and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

Election of 1912 Republican Candidate – William Howard Taft Democratic Candidate – Woodrow Wilson Progressive Party, Bull Moose Party Candidate – Theodore Roosevelt Socialist Candidate – Eugene Debs The Republican party is split because of the Bull Moose Party Result – Woodrow Wilson wins the election very easily

Using the biblical analogy of Moses parting the Red Sea, this Puck cartoon predicts that the split in the Republican Party, between followers of William Howard Taft and those of Theodore Roosevelt, will allow the Democratic Party and the nation to reach the Promised Land.

Woodrow Wilson Promised “New Freedom” – hated big business and big gov’t, a reform president Underwood Tariff – cuts tariff in half 16 th Amendment – Income tax, since cut the tariff he had to find $ somewhere Clayton Anti-trust Act – Strengthened the Sherman Anti-Trust Act Federal Reserve Act – overhauled the banking system

Federal Reserve Board – appointed by the president 12 Reserve Banks Bankers Bank Issue money and services to banks only Local Banks Buy stock in Federal Reserve Banks Borrow money from Federal Reserve Banks Federal Reserve sets the interest rate The Breakdown of Power In the Federal Reserve System

Federal Reserve Map

Roosevelt Campaign Poster- Pg 64 Create a campaign poster for Theodore Roosevelt with a portrait, a slogan, and illustrate the following three items: Conservation Trust Buster Square Deal