1. Progressivism Under Taft

2. Objectives Summarize the event of the Taft presidency
Explain the division in the Republican party
Describe the election of 1912

3. Taft Becomes President
Prelude
Taft Stumbles
Teddy’s Pledge
Taft
Secretary of War
What is this office called today?
“Vote of Taft this time, you can vote for Bryan any time”
William Jennings Bryan
Easy Republican Victory
Cautious Progressive
Consolidate rather than explain
Legal victories
90 trust busted
Uneasy President
“bully pulpit”
Party troubles

4. Taft Becomes President
The Payne-Aldrich Tariff
Disputing Public Lands
Payne Bill - (House)
Lowered the rate on imported goods
Aldrich Bill - (Senate)
Fewer cuts
Increased many rates
The Payne-Aldrich Tariff
Compromise
Did not please either side of the isle
Richard A. Ballinger
Secretary of the Interior
Removed 1 million acres of forest and mining lands from reserved list
Pinchot accused of putting commercial interests in front of the public
Taft fires Pinchot for testimony

5. The Republican Party Splits
Problems within the Party
The Bull Moose Party
Two sided party
Progressive vs Conservative
“Uncle Joe” Cannon
House Speaker
Chair of the House Rules Committee
Removed
Republican lose control over the house
1st time in 18 years
New Nationalism
The welfare of the people
Advocated for
Direct elections of Senators
Women’s suffrage
Worker’s compensation
8 hour work day
Min wage for women
Federal law against child labor
Federal Trade Commission

6. The Republican Party Splits
The Bull Moose Party (cont.)
William Taft
Republican
Teddy Roosevelt
Bull Moose
Woodrow Wilson
Democrat
The split gave Democrats the first real chance in 20 years
Enters reformer Woodrow Wilson

7. The Republican Party Splits
New Freedom – Wilson
Mudslinging
Progressive Platform
Antitrust legislation
Bank Reform
Reduced Tariffs
Stash on stash violence
Taft and Roosevelt attack each other, Wilson stays quite