Roosevelt to Taft

1. Roosevelt to Taft • TR and Progressivism • Taft and Dollar Diplomacy • Bumbling at Home • Teddy Runs Again • Wilson and the New Freedoms • TR and the New Nationalism • The High Water Mark- The Election of 1912

2. Roosevelt

3. William Howard Taft

4. Dollar Diplomacy • The use of military forces in foreign countries to protect American economic interests.

5. Taft and Domestic Reform

6. Taft and Domestic Reform • Used the Sherman Anti-Trust Act to prosecute Monopolies

7. Taft and Domestic Reform • Used the Sherman Anti-Trust Act to prosecute Monopolies • Manns-Elkin Act of 1910

8. Taft and Domestic Reform • Used the Sherman Anti-Trust Act to prosecute Monopolies • Manns-Elkin Act of 1910 • Endorsed 8 Hour Work Day

9. Taft and Domestic Reform • Used the Sherman Anti-Trust Act to prosecute Monopolies • Manns-Elkin Act of 1910 • Endorsed 8 Hour Work Day • Preferred not to Bypass Congress like TR

10. Taft and Domestic Reform • Used the Sherman Anti-Trust Act to prosecute Monopolies • Manns-Elkin Act of 1910 • Endorsed 8 Hour Work Day • Preferred not to Bypass Congress like TR\ • Prosecuted US Steel in 1910

11. Taft as a Progressive Reformer

12. Taft as a Progressive Reformer • Postal Savings Bank Plan

13. Taft as a Progressive Reformer • Postal Savings Bank Plan • Children’s Bureau in Dept. of Labor

14. Taft as a Progressive Reformer • Postal Savings Bank Plan • Children’s Bureau in Dept. of Labor • Federal Income Tax (16th Amendment)

15. Taft as a Progressive Reformer • Postal Savings Bank Plan • Children’s Bureau in Dept. of Labor • Federal Income Tax (16th Amendment) • Direct Election of Senators (17th Amend)

16. Taft as a Progressive Reformer • Postal Savings Bank Plan • Children’s Bureau in Dept. of Labor • Federal Income Tax (16th Amendment) • Direct Election of Senators (17th Amend) • Restored Land for Conservation

17. Taft as a Progressive Reformer • Postal Savings Bank Plan • Children’s Bureau in Dept. of Labor • Federal Income Tax (16th Amendment) • Direct Election of Senators (17th Amend) • Restored Land for Conservation • Took on 80 Anti-Trust Prosecutions

18. TR

19. Woodrow Wilson

20. Wilson’s New Freedoms

21. Wilson’s New Freedoms • Lowering Tariffs

22. Wilson’s New Freedoms • Lowering Tariffs • Breaking up the Power of Wall Street

23. Wilson’s New Freedoms • Lowering Tariffs • Breaking up the Power of Wall Street • Control Business and Break up the Trusts

24. TR’s New Nationalism

25. TR’s New Nationalism • Regulate, not destroy, Big Business

26. TR’s New Nationalism • Regulate, not destroy, Big Business • More Direct Democracy in Politics

27. TR’s New Nationalism • Regulate, not destroy, Big Business • More Direct Democracy in Politics

28. TR’s New Nationalism • Regulate, not destroy, Big Business • More Direct Democracy in Politics • More Government Social Justice Programs

29. The Election of 1912

30. The Election of 1912 • Taft-Republican • Wilson- Democrat • TR- Progressive or Bull Moose Party • Debs- Socialist Party

31. The Election of 1912 • Taft-Republican-23% • Wilson- Democrat-42% • TR- Progressive or Bull Moose Party-27% • Debs- Socialist Party-6%

32. Significance of Election of 1912

33. Significance of Election of 1912 • Featured All Progressives

34. Significance of Election of 1912 • Featured All Progressives • First Election to feature Primaries

35. Significance of Election of 1912 • Featured All Progressives • First Election to feature Primaries • Gave Democrats National Power

36. Significance of Election of 1912 • Featured All Progressives • First Election to feature Primaries • Gave Democrats National Power • Return of the South as national power

37. Significance of Election of 1912 • Featured All Progressives • First Election to feature Primaries • Gave Democrats National Power • Return of the South as national power • Reformers switch to the Democratic Party