What is your career goal?

Taft becoming President:

1908: Roosevelt decides not to run for President and pushes his friend William Taft to be nominated (He believed that Taft would continue his Square Deal program)

What was Taft’s Goal Growing Up?

A: President of the United States

B: General for the U.S. Army

C: Play professional baseball

D: Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

Careers before Presidency

Judge in Ohio superior court (1887-90)

U.S. Solicitor General (1890-92)

U.S. Circuit court judge (1892-1900)

Governor of the Philippines (1901-04)

Secretary of war (1904-08)

Facts 5 11 ½ feet tall. 243 pounds after college. 340 pounds after Presidency. He fall asleep during his own parade. He was teased for trivial things such as

not remembering names, needing an oversized bathtub, and falling asleep at awkward moments.

He was the first President over 48 states. His death was the first to be

broadcasted. He got stuck in his bathtub.

Taft’s Bathtub

Differences:

Why did Roosevelt want Taft to become President?

He believed he would continue his Square Deal program!!

How did they differ?... Taft believed that the Law, not personal

views or public opinion should guide the actions of the government

The Progressive

Party &Former

President Theodore Roosevelt

The Progressive

Party &Former

President Theodore Roosevelt

People should riseabove their sectarianinterests to promote the general good.

Theodore Roosevelt atOsawatomie, KS: New Nationalism

Theodore Roosevelt atOsawatomie, KS: New Nationalism

Big business requires big government.

Progressive Party PlatformProgressive Party PlatformA strong executive

More active business regulations

Additional social welfare measures.

New

Nationalism

The “Bull

Moose”Party:The

LatestArrivalat the

Political Zoo

The “Bull

Moose”Party:The

LatestArrivalat the

Political Zoo

We stand at Armageddon,

and we battle for the Lord!

Progressive Party Platform

Progressive Party PlatformWomen’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.

New

Nationalism

The Democratic Party &Governor Woodrow

Wilson (NJ)

The Democratic Party &Governor Woodrow

Wilson (NJ)

Democratic Party Platform

Democratic Party Platform

Government control of the monopolies trusts in general were bad eliminate them!!

Tariff reduction.

Create a Department of Labor.

Did NOT support women’s suffrage.

New

Freedom

The Socialist Party

& Eugene V. Debs

The Socialist Party

& Eugene V. Debs

The issue is Socialism versus Capitalism. I am for Socialism because I am for humanity.

Growth of the Socialist VoteGrowth of the Socialist VoteYear

Socialist Party

Socialist Labor Party Total

1888   2,068 2,068

1890   13,704 13,704

1892   21,512 21,512

1894   30,020 30,020

1896   36,275 36,274

1898   82,204 82,204

1900 96,931 33,405 130,336

1902 223,494 53,763 277,257

1904 408,230 33,546 441,776

1906 331,043 20,265 351,308

1908 424,488 14,021 438,509

1910 607,674 34,115 641,789

1912 901,873

Socialist Party PlatformSocialist Party Platform

Government ownership of railroads and utilities.

Guaranteed income tax.

No tariffs.

8-hour work day.

Better housing. (Government owned)

Government inspection of factories

An Actual 1912 BallotAn Actual 1912 Ballot

Election ResultsElection Results

By 1912, 100,000 fewer people had voted for Wilson than had voted for Bryan in 1908.

GOP Divided by Bull Moose

Equals Democratic Victory!

GOP Divided by Bull Moose

Equals Democratic Victory!

Wilson creates the “New Freedom Program”

It’s purpose was to: Have the government take action against

monopolies to protect free competition