1. Progressivism Under Taft & Wilson

2. Learning Activity
What is the main priority of the Progressive Party? (Declaration of Principles)
What forms of legislation does the party pledge to enact? (Social and Industrial Strength)
Summarize their goals and policies on the development and control of business. (Business)

3. President Taft Pledged to continue progressive work of Roosevelt
Alienated Progressives
Conflict over tariffs
Pledged to lower tariffs
Traditional Republicans fought against

4. Ballinger-Pinchot Affair
Richard A. Ballinger
Gifford Pinchot
Secretary of the Interior
Pro Business
Unlimited Business expansion
Allowed private business to unlimitedly mine coal in Alaska
Fired by Taft
Head of U.S. Forest Service
Scientific management of wilderness
Preservation and development
Exposed Ballinger corruption
Remained hero of conservationists

5. Turmoil in Republican Party
Congressional Republicans became deeply split
Roosevelt returns from vacation
Discovered dangerously split party
Huge protests against Taft
Roosevelt campaigned on behalf of Progressives
Progressive Democrats and Republicans gained firm control of Congress

6. Election of 1912 Roosevelt Ran for reelection for Republicans
Started Bull-Moose Party
Speech on October 14 in Milwaukee
Shot and bullet lodged in lung
Spoke for another 1.5 hours before seeking medical attention
Taft Remained at odds with Republican Progressives

7. Election of 1912 Woodrow Wilson ran for Democrats
Criticized big business and big government
“New Freedom”
Four-Way Election
Taft, Roosevelt, Wilson, Eugene V. Debs
Wilson won with only 42% of popular vote
435 Electoral votes

8. President Wilson Lowered tariffs and established federal income tax
Clayton Anti Trust Act of 1914
Spelled out specific activities of trusts to be considered illegal
Defined Unions as no longer monopolies in the eyes of the court
Established Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Federal Reserve Act 1913
Established Federal Reserve System
Created Federal Reserve Notes

9. Wilson wins Second Term
Election 1916
Roosevelt endorsed Republican opposition
Wilson Ran on fact that he kept America out of European war
Narrowly won with 277 Electoral votes

10. Limits of Progressivism
Little progress on social front
Wilson extended Jim Crow laws to federal offices
Wilson initially opposed constitutional amendment for women’s suffrage
As WWI continued interest in Progressive movement died out

11. Closure
How did Taft gain more Progressive support from congress after the midterm elections?
What new party did Teddy Roosevelt establish in 1912?
What were some major points of the Clayton Anti Trust Act? Did they prove to work?