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Taft & Wilson

Taft & Wilson. American History Mrs. Runnells. Roosevelt to Taft. Roosevelt announced in 1908 he wouldn’t run again He supported and promoted William Howard Taft to carry on his work Taft was elected, mostly due to Roosevelt’s recommendation and support from the public. Taft.

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Taft & Wilson

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  1. Taft & Wilson American History Mrs. Runnells

  2. Roosevelt to Taft • Roosevelt announced in 1908 he wouldn’t run again • He supported and promoted William Howard Taft to carry on his work • Taft was elected, mostly due to Roosevelt’s recommendation and support from the public

  3. Taft • Roosevelt believed Taft would carry on his work • Big business leaders liked him more than Roosevelt because he wasn’t as strict • Not an activist president; poor public speaker; didn’t respond to public opinion • Wasn’t very well liked

  4. Taft Criticism • Most progressives disliked Taft • Thought he was too “pro business” • Passed the Payne-Aldrich Tariff but no one liked it because it raised many tariffs • Fired Gifford Pinchot angering many

  5. Roosevelt and New Nationalism • Taft’s failure as a president looked bad on Roosevelt who had supported him • Roosevelt set out New Nationalism as a new plan for government • Strong executive • More business regulations • Social welfare measures

  6. Roosevelt runs against Taft • Roosevelt went up against Taft in the primary elections for the Republican nomination • Won all direct primary states due to popularity; but Taft and his supporters controlled the convention and he won the Republican nomination • Roosevelt created a new, party known as the Progressive Party and nicknamed Bull Moose Party

  7. Election of 1912 • Taft ran for Republican • Roosevelt ran for Bull Moose • Woodrow Wilson ran as a Democrat • New Freedom: Wilson’s platform; believed in busting monopolies to protect free competition; new format for Democrats who had been pro-business *Wilson wins because of the split in votes for Taft and Roosevelt

  8. Wilson in Office • First Democrat to be elected in 20 years • Some found him to be odd • Brought many southern politicians into office with him which unnerved some • First year in office he got Congress to pass: • Underwood Tariff Act: lowest tariffs in many years • Sixteenth Amendment: federal income tax; at first was quite low and has grown over time

  9. Wilson Reforms Banks & Business • Got the Federal Reserve Act passed which created the system of public and private banks that help manage the economy • Clayton Antitrust Act: strengthened antitrust laws and protected labor unions right to bargain • Federal Trade Commission: examines company records and investigates business practices

  10. Wilson’s Social Policy • Wilson wasn’t a supporter of women’s suffrage because he believed it was up to states to decide • Keating-Own Child Labor Act: supported this act that kept companies from shipping their products across state lines if they employed children under the age of 14 • Was overturned by the Supreme Court

  11. Wilson’s Social Policy Continued • Backed the Adamson Act: limited workday to 8 hours on railroads • Supported the Federal Farm Loan Act that made it easier for farmers to get credit and invest in their businesses

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