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Title: Progressivism


1
Progressivism
  • Taft and Wilson

2
Taft and Progressivism
  • He passed the Payne-Aldrich Tariff
  • A protective tariff
  • It did not reduce tariffs like the progressives
    wanted
  • He reserved more public lands
  • Brought more antitrust suits than TR did.
  • Ballinger-Pinchot Affair made Taft look like he
    didnt support the preservation of public land

3
Taft and Progressivism
  • Supported the 16th and 17th amendments and the
    childrens bureau
  • 16th it gave Congress the right to collect
    income taxes
  • 17th it allowed for the direct election of
    Senators
  • Supported the Mann-Elkins Act of 1910
  • It gave the ICC the power to regulate telelphone
    and Telegraph rates

4
Four Way Election of 1912
  • Theodore Roosevelt Bull Moose Party
  • Also know as the progressive party
  • Fought for
  • Tariff reduction
  • Increase regulation of business
  • Child labor ban
  • Eight hour work days
  • Federal workers compensation
  • Direct election of Senators

5
Four Way Election of 1912
  • William Howard Taft Republican
  • Tariff reduction
  • Reserve public land
  • Antitrust suits

6
Four Way Election of 1912
  • Woodrow Wilson Democrat
  • Enforce antitrust laws
  • Tariff reduction
  • Federal taxes

Wilsons New Freedom Plan
7
Four Way Election of 1912
  • Eugene V. Debs Socialist
  • He wanted to change from a capitalist system to a
    socialist system
  • Redistribute wealth equally
  • Government control of business

8
Four Way Election of 1912
  • Wilson wins the election
  • Republican vote was split between Roosevelt and
    Taft
  • Wilson wins the Democratic vote
  • Wilson won 42 of the popular vote
  • Electoral Collage
  • Wilson 435
  • Roosevelt 88
  • Taft 8

9
Wilson and Progressivism
  • Passed the Underwood Tariff Act of 1913
  • Lowered tariffs from 40 to 25
  • Signed into law the federal income tax
  • Clayton Antitrust Act
  • Put a stop to trusts
  • Started the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
  • Over sees business
  • Regulates business

10
Wilson and Progressivism
  • Started Federal Reserve System
  • Placed a progressive lawyer onto the Supreme
    Court
  • Lewis D. Brandeis

11
Were Progressivism Failed
  • It did not help Black Americans
  • Jim Crow laws were enforced even more under
    Wilson
  • Many blacks felt ignored by progressivism reforms
  • Progressive era ends when WWI starts
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