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Taft and Wilson (and Roosevelt, too)!!. Progressivism and a New Freedom. Taft (the President with the large aft). Wins 1908 election Cautiously progressive Accomplishments Payne-Aldrich Tariff (progressives angry) Public lands dispute Ballinger and Pinchot (Pinchot fired). Taft’s Demise. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Taft and Wilson (and Roosevelt, too)!!
Progressivism and a New Freedom
Taft (the President with the large aft)
• Wins 1908 election– Cautiously progressive
• Accomplishments
• Payne-Aldrich Tariff (progressives angry)
• Public lands dispute– Ballinger and Pinchot
(Pinchot fired)
Taft’s Demise
• Taft supports Joseph
Cannon as House
Speaker (weakens
progressive programs)
• Progressives join Dems
• Roosevelt re-enters politics
Bull Moose Party
• Roosevelt loses 1912 nomination to Taft
• Progressives angry
• Form Bull Moose Party– More Voter Registration– Women’s suffrage– Labor legislation &
business control
1912 Election
• 4 Parties and Candidates• Taft (Rep.), Roosevelt
(Bull Moose), Debs (Socialist), and Woodrow Wilson (Dem.)
• Wilson wins on platform of New Freedom
• Progressive on labor, business, and banking
Woodrow Wilson and New Freedom
• Former Gov. of NJ, Pres. of Princeton
• Accomplishments (focus on tariffs, trusts)
• Clayton Antitrust Act stops companies buying stock to form monopoly
• Federal Trade Commission (FTC)—new “watchdog” agency- investigates regulatory violations- ends unfair business practices
Accomplishments, cont.• 16th Amendment (Federal Income Tax)• Federal Reserve System—private banking system
under federal control– Nation divided into 12 districts; central bank in each
district• Women’s Suffrage (19th Amendment)• Carrie Chapman Catt & NAWSA pressure Wilson
Accomplishments, cont.• Wilson and Civil Rights
– NAACP supports election
• Wilson opposes anti-lynching legislation
• Appoints white southerners to cabinet
• NAACP withdraws support• Wins re-election in 1916 on
slogan “He kept us out of War”• U.S. enters WWI in 1917• Reform efforts stall