1. Warm Up
In your groups, create a list of what kind of problems might occur if a 3rd person ran for president?

2. Woodrow Wilson and the election of 1912

3. What do you think is going to happen?

4. Who was William Taft? Teddy Roosevelt’s Secretary of War
Easily wins White House with TR’s support
Taft actions seen as anti- Progressive
Even though Taft busts more trusts than Teddy
Teddy and Taft get into a fight

5. Let’s look at this again
Taft will be the Republican Nominee

6. But, Teddy Gets what………

7. The Election of 1912 was different – In Your Groups
1) In your groups analyze the pie chart and create a list of at least 3 things you notice
2) What kind of problems arise when there are more than 2 main candidates?
3) What does the yellow and light blue sections suggest about voters?

8. So Who won the election of 1912?
Woodrow Wilson because…..
Roosevelt and Taft split the votes of the Republican party and….
Wilson got all of the Democrat votes
Turn and talk: If this happened today what reaction would you expect?

9. Wilson and reform
Wilson was a Democrat but also a progressive (reforms in NJ)
When elected he began to create reforms for tariffs, banks, and workers

11. Wilson and Reform
Tariffs were limited and a graduated income tax was passed
Creates the Federal Reserve (requires banks to hold some money)
Created the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) to investigate companies who are gaining unfair advantage

12. Wilson and Reform Legislation to legalize Unions
Supported Federal Farm Loan Act (get farmers low-interest loans)
Supported 8-hour workday for railroad workers
Regulated child labor

13. The ACLU
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) was formed in 1917 to help Americans opposed to WWI maintain their right to freedom of speech (First Amendment) and fight the Sedition Act
When Attorney General A Mitchell palmer began to arrest and deport immigrant labor organizers with communist ties the ACLU filed law suits against the government and defended labor unions like the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
The ACLU took the opinion that everyone had the right to free speech, even if what they said was unpopular. In 1923 the ACLU represented the KK and won them the right to hold meetings.
The ACLU gained national awareness in 1925 when they defended a high school science teacher who was arrested for teaching evolution in Tennessee. The trial was known as the Scopes Monkey Trial and shed light on the need for freedom of speech in education
In 1925 the ACLU took their first case before the Supreme Court. They were defending a man who was convicted of criminal anarchy for printing a pamphlet supporting Communism

14. NAACP
By the 1920’s the NAACP had already gained national recognition for their work fighting for the rights of African Americans
Much of the NAACP’s efforts during this period were put toward creating and passing legislation against lynching in the South
The organization became famous for flying a flag outside their New York office stating “A Man Was Lynched Yesterday”
The NAACP worked to get the Dyer Bill passed in the House of Represented. The bill set harsh punishments for those who participated in or did not report a lynching
The Bill would never go into effect because Southern Democrats worked to block it’s passage in the Senate

15. Anti-Defamation League
The ADL was formed in 1913 by a Sigmund Livingston to fight against violence and bigotry against the Jewish people and to fight for equality for all people
During the 1920s the KKK was very active and often spoke out against the Jews and their perceived corruption and greed
The ADL organized a group of important Americans that included presidents Wilson and Taft as well as many influential Christians that all pledged their support against Anti-Semitism
They would also write several articles attacking Henry Ford for some of his Anti-Semitic writings. He would later write a public apology
The ADL would also fight against government immigration quotas established to prevent Eastern Europeans from immigrating to the United States

16. Questions for “ Wilson’s Reforms and Progressivism’s Legacies and Limits”
1) Create a t-chart that highlights the changes that occurred in the government as a result of Progressivism?
2) What groups did Progressivism fail to help? Why?
3) Describe the Anti-Defamation League and its goals

17. Review For MID Term Test Topics
Imperialism – What is it? What were the motives for America to do it? Pan-Americanism – Hawaii
Spanish-American War – USS Maine – Rough Riders – Cuba – Platt Amendment - Yellow Journalism – Jingoism
Progressivism – What is it? Why did it develop? What changes occurred b/c of it (socially and government)? – Muckrakers- Women’s Suffrage - Prohibition
Teddy Roosevelt – Conservation – trustbuster – Woodrow Wilson and his reforms