3. The Republican Party & President William H. Taft and VP James Sherman

4. Keep the Whistle Blowing

5. Platform Key Candidates campaign using a platform made up of planks Planks: individual issues a candidate says they will push for when elected Platform: all of the issues taken together »Neutral »Progressive »Conservative

6. 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. Stay on the gold standard. Conservation of natural resources because they are finite. Against women’s suffrage (previously for it)

7. The GOP After the Circus TR  The Republican Party must stand for the rights of humanity, or else it must stand for special privilege.

8. The Progressive Party & Former President Theodore Roosevelt and VP candidate Hiram Johnson People should rise above their sectarian interests to promote the general good.

9. “Bull Moose Progressives” “Friends, I shall ask you to be as quiet as possible. 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. But fortunately I had my manuscript, so you see I was going to make a long speech, and there is a bullet - there is where the bullet went through - and it probably saved me from it going into my heart. The bullet is in me now, so that I cannot make a very long speech, but I will try my best.” TR was shot by John Schrank, who had been having disturbing dreams about TR's predecessor, William McKinley and also thought that no president should serve more than two terms. Schrank spent the rest of his life in a mental institution

10. Theodore Roosevelt at Osawatomie, KS: New Nationalism Big business requires big government.

11. The Anti- Third-Term Principle

13. 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

14. The Socialist Party & Eugene V. Debs The issue is Socialism versus Capitalism. I am for Socialism because I am for humanity.

15. “The Working Class Candidates” Eugene V. Debs Emil Seigel for President for Vice-President

16. Growth of the Socialist Vote Year Socialist Party Socialist Labor PartyTotal 1888 2,068 1890 13,704 1892 21,512 1894 30,020 1896 36,27536,274 1898 82,204 190096,93133,405130,336 1902223,49453,763277,257 1904408,23033,546441,776 1906331,04320,265351,308 1908424,48814,021438,509 1910607,67434,115641,789 1912901,873

17. The Industrial Worker: I. W. W.

18. 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.

19. The Democratic Party & Governor Woodrow Wilson (NJ) Could he rescue the Democratic Party from “Bryanism”??

20. The Reform Governor of NJ: It Takes Time to Remove the Grime

21. Democratic Party Platform Government control of the monopolies  trusts in general were bad  eliminate them!! Tariff reduction Direct election of Senators. Strengthen the Sherman Anti-Trust Act – to break up monopolies Did NOT support women’s suffrage. Currency Reform NewFreedomNewFreedomNewFreedomNewFreedom

23. As Big As a Balloon Tariff Reform

24. Conservation Issue: The Ballinger- Pinchot Controversy

25. The Unanswerable Argument for Suffrage

26. Never Again! Taft Abandons Support for Women’s Suffrage

27. TR & Women’s Suffrage: The Militant Recruit TR & Women’s Suffrage: The Militant Recruit

29. Election Results By 1912, 100,000 fewer people had voted for Wilson than had voted for Bryan in 1908. The 1912 election marked the apogee of the Socialist movement in America.

30. GOP Divided by Bull Moose Equals Democratic Victory!

31. On Uncle Sam’s Farm The Democratic party took control of the Senate for the first time in 20 years.