3. TR said that
Taft, “had
the most
lovable
personality I
have ever
come in
contact with”
Handing off responsibility to Taft in 1909
4. “I very keenly share
your disappointment
in Taft, and in a way
perhaps feel it even
more deeply than you
do, because it was I
who made him
President” ~ T.R.
“Roosevelt was my
closest friend,” he
said brokenly. Then
he could restrain
himself no longer, and
he began to weep. ~
Taft
5. Roosevelt and
Taft brawl
while Uncle
Sam looks on
in the British
magazine
Punch
18. Both Reformers –
fought for votes in the
middle (Moderates) Conservative
Liberal
Eugene Woodrow Teddy Pres.
Debs Wilson Roosevelt William Taft
(Democrat) (Progressive/ (Republican
Socialist Bull Moose incumbent)
Party Party)
19. • Women’s Rights
• Civil Rights
• Child Labor/Workers’ Rights
• Protective Tariff
• Big Business/Trusts
Reform Party Platforms:
• New Nationalism – TR
• New Freedom – Wilson
** both called for a more active government role
in economics and social welfare issues
22. In groups:
– Develop your Platform – What are your
views on the following big issues?
• Women’s suffrage, Race relations,
Trusts, Tariff, Labor
– Each person in the group should be able to
present ONE element of your platform to
the class
– Now…Let’s run your campaign and see if you’d win
25. GOP Divided by Bull
Moose
Equals Democratic
Victory!
Wilson was the second of only
two Democrats to be elected
President between 1860 and
1932.
26. ¾ of Americans voted for
parties of CHANGE
– T.R. and Taft –
7 million
– Wilson - 6 million
– Debs - 1 million
Wilson didn’t have a majority,
BUT Republicans split the vote
– WILSON WINS!
27. • Cartoon depicting William Howard Taft and Theodore Roosevelt lying exhausted after
the 1912 presidential campaign and saying, “Cheer up! I might have won.”
• Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
28. Election Results
By 1912, 100,000 fewer people had voted for
Wilson than had voted for Bryan in 1908.
The 1912 election marked the height of the
Socialist movement in America.
29.
30. The nature of government was
debated
- The people WANTED the
government to be involved in
their lives!
45. The Industrial
Worker: I. W. W.
The first American labor group to open its
membership to all wage-earning workers, regardless
of skill, nationality, race, sex, or gender.
46. BIBLIOGRAPHY
“1912—Competing Visions for America.”
Ohio State University.
http://history.osu.edu/projects/1912/
HarpWeek/Elections. “Election of 1912.”
http://www.elections.harpweek.com/