Roosevelt to Taft TR and Progressivism Taft and Dollar Diplomacy Bumbling at Home Teddy Runs Again Wilson and the New Freedoms TR and the New Nationalism The High Water Mark- The Election of 1912

Roosevelt

William Howard Taft

Dollar Diplomacy The use of military forces in foreign countries to protect American economic interests.

Taft and Domestic Reform

Used the Sherman Anti-Trust Act to prosecute Monopolies

Taft and Domestic Reform Used the Sherman Anti-Trust Act to prosecute Monopolies Manns-Elkin Act of 1910

Taft and Domestic Reform Used the Sherman Anti-Trust Act to prosecute Monopolies Manns-Elkin Act of 1910 Endorsed 8 Hour Work Day

Taft and Domestic Reform Used the Sherman Anti-Trust Act to prosecute Monopolies Manns-Elkin Act of 1910 Endorsed 8 Hour Work Day Preferred not to Bypass Congress like TR

Taft and Domestic Reform Used the Sherman Anti-Trust Act to prosecute Monopolies Manns-Elkin Act of 1910 Endorsed 8 Hour Work Day Preferred not to Bypass Congress like TR\ Prosecuted US Steel in 1910

Taft as a Progressive Reformer

Postal Savings Bank Plan

Taft as a Progressive Reformer Postal Savings Bank Plan Children’s Bureau in Dept. of Labor

Taft as a Progressive Reformer Postal Savings Bank Plan Children’s Bureau in Dept. of Labor Federal Income Tax (16th Amendment)

Taft as a Progressive Reformer Postal Savings Bank Plan Children’s Bureau in Dept. of Labor Federal Income Tax (16th Amendment) Direct Election of Senators (17th Amend)

Taft as a Progressive Reformer Postal Savings Bank Plan Children’s Bureau in Dept. of Labor Federal Income Tax (16th Amendment) Direct Election of Senators (17th Amend) Restored Land for Conservation

Taft as a Progressive Reformer Postal Savings Bank Plan Children’s Bureau in Dept. of Labor Federal Income Tax (16th Amendment) Direct Election of Senators (17th Amend) Restored Land for Conservation Took on 80 Anti-Trust Prosecutions

TR

Woodrow Wilson

Wilson’s New Freedoms

Lowering Tariffs

Wilson’s New Freedoms Lowering Tariffs Breaking up the Power of Wall Street

Wilson’s New Freedoms Lowering Tariffs Breaking up the Power of Wall Street Control Business and Break up the Trusts

TR’s New Nationalism

Regulate, not destroy, Big Business

TR’s New Nationalism Regulate, not destroy, Big Business More Direct Democracy in Politics

TR’s New Nationalism Regulate, not destroy, Big Business More Direct Democracy in Politics

TR’s New Nationalism Regulate, not destroy, Big Business More Direct Democracy in Politics More Government Social Justice Programs

The Election of 1912

Taft-Republican Wilson- Democrat TR- Progressive or Bull Moose Party Debs- Socialist Party

The Election of 1912 Taft-Republican-23% Wilson- Democrat-42% TR- Progressive or Bull Moose Party-27% Debs- Socialist Party-6%

Significance of Election of 1912

Featured All Progressives

Significance of Election of 1912 Featured All Progressives First Election to feature Primaries

Significance of Election of 1912 Featured All Progressives First Election to feature Primaries Gave Democrats National Power

Significance of Election of 1912 Featured All Progressives First Election to feature Primaries Gave Democrats National Power Return of the South as national power

Significance of Election of 1912 Featured All Progressives First Election to feature Primaries Gave Democrats National Power Return of the South as national power Reformers switch to the Democratic Party