election of 1912
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Election of 1912. Split Ticket. Presidential election of 1912 Wilson (D) New Freedom campaign Taft (R) T. Roosevelt (BM) New Nationalism campaign. TAFT. Republican Wanting to preserve the conservative values of the party. TAFT. Party Platform: High import tariffs. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Election of 1912
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Split Ticket• Presidential election of 1912– Wilson (D) • New Freedom campaign
– Taft (R)– T. Roosevelt (BM)• New Nationalism campaign
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TAFT• Republican• Wanting to preserve the
conservative values of the party.
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TAFTParty Platform:
High import tariffs.
Put limitations on female and child labor.
Workman’s Compensation Laws.
Against initiative, referendum, and recall.
Against “bad” trusts.
Creation of a Federal Trade Commission.
Stay on the gold standard.
Conservation of natural resources because they are finite.
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ROOSEVELT• In 1904 TR vows not to run for
re-election after his second term.
• He hand picks his successor William Howard Taft who wins easily in 1908.
• “Some people felt that TAFT stood for Takes Advice From Teddy
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The hurt Republican
Party…
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ROOSEVELT• The Progressive Party aka The Bull Moose Party• Party Platform:
Women’s suffrage.
Graduated income tax.
Inheritance tax for the rich.
Lower tariffs.
Limits on campaign spending.
Currency reform.
Minimum wage laws.
Social insurance.
Abolition of child labor.
Workmen’s compensation.
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WILSON• Democratic Party Platform:
Government control of the monopolies trusts in general were bad and should be eliminates!
Tariff reduction.
One-term President.
Direct election of Senators.
Create a Department of Labor.
Strengthen the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.
Did NOT support women’s suffrage.
Opposed to a central bank.
New
Freedom
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Wilson Wins!• First Democrat to win since 1897.
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Who is Wilson?• Could not read until 10. • His first name is Thomas and he was called "Tommy" until his college
years. • Was the first president to attend the Major League Baseball Fall
Classic. He saw the debut of a young 20 year old pitcher by the name of George Herman "Babe" Ruth.
• Was a graduate of Princeton University and the only president to hold an earned doctoral degree.
• Image is on the $100,000 bill although it is no longer in circulation. • Ellen Wilson, Wilson's first wife and mother of their three daughters,
died of Bright's Disease and passed away in the White House on August 14, 1914.
• Woodrow Wilson remarried on December 18, 1915 to Edith Galt. • Sheep grazed on the White House lawn to help the Red Cross raise wool
for the war effort. • The national observance of Mother's Day was established.
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Key Issues…
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Key Issues…• Tariff Reform
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Key Issues…• Conservation
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Key Issues…• Suffrage
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Key Issues…• Lynching
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NEW FREEDOM
NEW NATIONALISM