Reform Under Taft & Wilson The Fattest President 6 Foot, 350 Pounds Once got stuck in a Whitehouse bathtub 1 st President to own a car and converted the Whitehouse stables into a 4 car garage Liked milk so much that he brought a cow to the Whitehouse

Taft Takes Office 1908 Election Republican- William Taft Democrat- Williams Bryan Roosevelt backed Taft because he believed Taft had the same reform ideas Because Roosevelt backed Taft, Taft wins

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Taft Angers the Progressives Despite major reforms Taft lost the support Progressive Republicans Tariff Bill, Conservation Roosevelt, “I don’t think that under the Taft regime there has been a real appreciation of the needs of the country.”

Roosevelt and the elections of 1910 Republican party was split between Roosevelt’s progressive republicans and Taft’s conservative republicans As a result of this division, the republicans lost control of Congress to the Democrats

Roosevelt returns to politics Disturbed by what Taft was doing to the republican party, Roosevelt decided to run again for presidency in 1912 Roosevelt ran under the Progressive Party also called the Bull Moose Party Roosevelt said he felt fit as a Bull Moose to run again

Teddy Roosevelt, who was president from , was shot by John Schrank while campaigned as the candidate of the new Progressive party on Oct. 14, His 50-page speech and glasses case slowed the bullet enough so that it entered his body, but did not penetrate the heart. Rather than go to the hospital, Roosevelt went on with the show. "I don't know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot; but it takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose," Roosevelt said. "The bullet is in me now, so that I cannot make a very long speech, but I will try my best." He spoke for 90 minutes. Later, doctors decided it would be too dangerous to remove the bullet -- so the former president carried it in his body for the rest of his life. The bullet is the shadowy shape on the lower left of this image.

1912 Election Republicans- President Taft Progressives (Former Rep.)- Roosevelt Democrats- Woodrow Wilson Results Wilson 435 electoral votes42% Roosevelt88 electoral votes27% Taft8 electoral votes23%

Do you think that The U.S. should have a viable 3 rd party? What are the positives and negatives to a 2 party vs. 3 party system?

Taft becomes chief Justice of the Supreme Court- 1925

Woodrow Wilson Democrat

A Democratic Victory Wilson’s campaign slogan, New Freedom, promised to help out small businesses “A return to an America where people were free of big business and gov.” Tariff reduction, banking reform, anti-trust legislation

Clayton Antitrust Act, FTC, Federal Reserve. Clayton Antitrust Act—Clarified and extended the Sherman Antitrust Act. FTC—Federal Trade Commission—Enforced antitrust laws. Federal Reserve Act—Banking collapsed was common so Wilson created a national banking system that could borrow money to prevent collapse during financial panic.

19 th Amendment Ratified in 1920 Gave women full voting rights Wyoming Territory was the first to give women the right to vote.

Why do you think it took woman so long to get the right to vote? Explain your answer.

End of Progressivism World War I (1914) brought an end to the progressive era Reformers were more interested in the war and less devoted to reform movements