18.3 reform under taft objective evaluate the success of taft as a progressive president
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18.3 Reform Under Taft
Objective
Evaluate the success of Taft as a Progressive President.
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Bellringer
Who checks to see if your company is following labor laws?
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Copy HW
• Read and take notes using one of our methods on 548-553
• Questions• What contributions did the Taft administration
make to reform?• What did T. Roosevelt accomplish through his
Square Deal?• How did the Galveston Hurricane help to
produce a new political structure for the cities?• What were the conditions like in the Middle
Passage?
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Compare/Share HW
• Questions1. What did T. Roosevelt pledge to accomplish
with the Square Deal?2. What was the Wisconsin Plan?3. How did the many US cities increase
government efficiency while decreasing corruption?
4. What were the differences between the Federalists and Antifederalists?
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C. Reform Under Taft1. Taft Takes Office
a. 1908 ElectionTaft (R) v. William Jennings Bryan (D)
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b. Administration filed 90
antitrust suits
c. Mann-Elkins Act (1910) – ICC’s power extended
over the telephone
and telegraph
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d. Pursued conservation –added to forest reserves
e. Dept. of Labor created
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f. 16th amendment
passed (1913) –
national income tax
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2. Taft Angers the Progressives
a. Taft signed the Payne Aldrich Tariff into law – very high tariffs– calls it the
“Best tariff bill ever passed..”
(Progressives liked low tariffs to stimulate competition from foreign companies to
reduce the monopoly’s power)
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b. Ballinger – Pinchot Affair
1.) Ballinger sold Alaskan land
2.) Pinchot criticizes
3.) Taft warns him to stop
4.) Pinchot doesn’t and is fired
5.) result
a.) Republicans lose the House in 1910
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b.) Taft makes an enemy of Teddy Roosevelt
c. T. Roosevelt campaigns against Taft and proposes a NEW NATIONALISM (fought forlaws to protect workers, ensure public health and regulate business)
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3. The Republican Party Divides
a. Taft was neutral in the political battle between Joseph Canon (Speaker of the House and conservative Rep.) and Progressives (including George Norris)
b. T. Roosevelt wins the primaries of most states yet does not get the Republican nomination
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c. Roosevelt decides to run as a 3rd party candidate – Progressive/Bull Moose
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4. A Democratic Victory in 1912
a. Woodrow Wilson (D) =winner v. Taft (R) v.
Roosevelt (P)
b. Wilson’s program =New Freedom
1.) return to small businesses
2.) goal of reform = eliminate corruption
3.) supported the free market
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Closure
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