The Republican Party & President William H. Taft
Keep the Whistle Blowin g Taft was determined to defeat TR and preserve the conservative heart of the Republican Party.
Republican Party Platform High import tariffs. Put limitations on female and child labor. Workman’s Compensation Laws. Against initiative, referendum, and recall. Against “bad” trusts. Creation of a Federal Trade Commission. Stay on the gold standard. Conservation of natural resources because they are finite.
Theodore Roosevelt at Osawatomie, KS: New Nationalism Big business requires big government.
The “Bull Moose” Party: The Latest Arrival at the Political Zoo We stand at Armageddon, and we battle for the Lord! ONWARD, CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS!
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. Social insurance. Abolition of child labor. Workmen’s compensation. NewNationalismNewNationalismNewNationalismNewNationalism
Socialist Party Platform Government ownership of railroads and utilities. Guaranteed income tax. No tariffs. 8-hour work day. Better housing. Government inspection of factories. Women’s suffrage.
The Democratic Party & Governor Woodrow Wilson (NJ) Could he rescue the Democratic Party from “Bryanism”??
Democratic Party Platform Government control of the monopolies trusts in general were bad eliminate them!! 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. NewFreedomNewFreedomNewFreedomNewFreedom
Election Results By 1912, 100,000 fewer people had voted for Wilson than had voted for Bryan in The 1912 election marked the apogee of the Socialist movement in America.
GOP Divided by Bull Moose Equals Democratic Victory!
Wilson Shared faith in the masses ideas of ________ and _________ Intellect over personality Went after tariffs, banks and trusts –Triple wall of privlage
Economic Reforms Underwood Tariff Federal Reserve Act Federal Trade Commission Clayton Anti- Trust Act
Other Reforms Workingman’s Compensation Act Adamson Act- ICC industries only
Foreign Policy Jones Act- Philippines Tampico Incident- Mexico John Pershing- Bandits Europe
WWI Starts Franz Ferdinand- Archduke to Austro- Hungarian Throne –Killed by Serbian terrorist in Sarajevo Austria- Hungry demands apology and: –Suppress any anti AH propaganda –Allow representatives of AH in Serbian gov’t –AH will investigate attacks –Serbia must investigate and warn AH of all future attacks –Many, Many, Many more
WWI Starts Cont Serbia cannot or will not meet demands Austria Hungary declared war on Serbia –With Germany’s backing Russia declared war on Austria- Hungary and Germany Germany attacks Russia’s ally- France England declares war on Germany Japan and Italy declare war on Germany Ottoman Empire joins with Germany
And the USA? We made money!! Economic hardships of early 1910s erased by massive arms dealing Sold to ALL countries –Germany just couldn’t partake Blockade Angry Germans use U-Boats US citizens were anti German anyways
Lusitania With the USA sending supplies to England, Germany sinks any ships it thinks necessary Lusitania was a cruise ship from England –Germany sunk it –128 Americans on board –4200 munitions crates on board as well –Justified? –War?
Sussex French passenger ship Sussex sunk –Wilson DEMANDS Germany stop sinking merchant ships without warning –Germany agrees Buys Wilson time and an election –He Kept Us Out of War
Do this now! Prevent World War I. Pick an event to declare war. Rate Wilson and USA on a scale of 1-5 –1: Horrible horrible horrible foreign actions –5: Could not have handled WWI any better