TR, Taft and Wilson

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TR, Taft and Wilson

• The Shift of Progressives

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The Square Deal

• Let the watchwords of all our people be the old
  familiar watchwords of honesty, decency,
  fair-dealing, and commonsense.... We must treat
  each man on his worth and merits as a man. We
  must see that each is given a square deal,
  because he is entitled to no more and should
  receive no less.... The welfare of each of us is
  dependent fundamentally upon the welfare of all
  of us."
•       - T.R. New York State Fair, Syracuse,
  September 7, 1903

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Roosevelts Crowning Achievements

• Currency Emergency Bill
• Regeneration of the Philippines
• Prosecution of Criminal Trusts
• Strong Navy
• Rate Bill per Food Law
• Awakening of Civic Conscience
• Panama Canal
• Employers Liability Act
• Eight Hour workday
• Conservation of Natural Resources
• Development of Waterways

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Domestic BigStick Policy

• Overcapitalization ending the practices of
  owning 200 mil. Worth of stock when the RR is
  worth 75 mil.
• Breaking up protected Monopolies
• Ending
• Insurance Graft
• Oil Trusts
• Coal Combine
• Anti-Japanese Movement
• Swollen Fortunes

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T. R. takeson NorthernSecurities

• J.P. Morgan on the left banker
• John D. Rockefeller on right owner of Standard
  Oil

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Coal Strike of 1902

• T. R. forces local coal mine owners controlled by
  Monopoly interests (J.P. Morgan)
• U.M.W. accepts arbitration, owners balk, T. R.
  forces both sides to the table
• U.S. citizens support the president over the
  corporate interests of the coal mine owners

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Panama Canal Moves Forward

• Roosevelt laying the groundwork for the panama
  canal

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T.R. on ForeignDiplomacy

• Monroe Doctrine with the added Roosevelt
  Corollary

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Expansion ofGovernment

• The Senate, controlled by the interests of
  monopolies shows T.R. that they hold the keys to
  tariff revision which would affect the profits of
  monoplies

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T.R. supports Taft

• Roosevelt
• felt that Taft
• was going to
• take his
• policies and
• move
• forward with
• them in the
• future

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T.R. passing his policies off to Taft

• T.R. felt Taft
• was the best person to
• continue his work
• He felt so
• confident that
• as soon as he
• left office, he
• went on a world
• wide tour of
• Europe and a
• safari
• throughout Africa

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Taft tried to be TR
Taft tried to live up to Roosevelts policies,
but went with his own slow, thoughtful, delayed
methods of response not popular with
Progressives. The public cried out against Taft
because he was such a quiet president compared to
TR.
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Taft reverses Roosevelts Policies
Taft softened the blow to corporations and was
seen as a supporter of big business more so than
a supporter of US citizens right (labor, unions,
etc.)
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The election of 1912
TR was Wilsons best dreams he split the
Republican vote between TR and Taft whom the
republican party endorsed. With two candidates
running on the progressive platform both Wilson
and Roosevelt were making the same promises. Taft
stuck to traditional conservative ideals. TR and
Taft split the republican vote, all democrats
voted for Wilson. Wilson won the election
handily and won over the progressives to the
democratic party.
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Democrats sweep the 1912 election

• In response to the Taft administration and
  control by republicans actions in the house and
  senate, Wilson gets elected with the split vote
  between Taft and Roosevelt and has democrat
  majorities in both houses of Congress.

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Wilson runs for re-election

• Wilson delays his announcement as long as
  possible to build up suspense for his run for
  re-election.
• Such popular measures as the Underwood Tariff in
  1913, The 16th Amendment in 1913, the Federal
  Reserve Ban System in 1913 and the FTC in 1914.

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Re-election was successful!

• Staying out of the war was one of the biggest
  reasons and catch phrases Wilson used to
  determine why he should continue to remain
  President of the US

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• Wilson tries to navigate between intervention and
  war using the reason of justice to refrain from
  the war.

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• Pressures from the sinking of multiple American
  passenger and trade ships, Wilson decides to ask
  Congress to declare war on Germany.