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TR and Wilson

Dr Jensen

TAH 2008

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Bryan--loser in189619001908

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Bryan asDon Quixote—Loses in 1900

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JUDGE 1907

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ProtectionistView

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Presidential Progressives4 contrasting styles

• Roosevelt: the Warrior– strong moral character; call to battle

• Taft: the Judge– judicial supremacy, cautious

• Wilson: the Priest– moralism; global leadership; inflexible

• Hoover: the Engineer – pro-business; poor politician

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Teddy Roosevelt (1858-1919)

• Media Superstar; middle class hero

• Family: wealthy business; Civil War?

• The Cowboy; manliness; extreme sports; barbarian & civilized

• intellectual in politics; history & biology

• 1890s: Navy & Empire; Spanish War 1898

• President 1901-1909• 1912 “Progressive” 3rd Party split

GOP

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TR as President 1901-09

• Railroads: mild regulation by ICC & Courts• National Civic Federation

– business/union cooperation to avert radicalism; settle 1902 Coal Strike

• Conservation: efficient use of resources• Good Trusts (US Steel) Vs Bad Ones (Standard

Oil, Northern Securities)• 1907 Panic; he blames big business• Elihu Root modernizes the Army

– Modernization in Cuba, Philippines

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Railroad Reform

• The Problem: monopoly RR as threat to businessmen and to politics

• Solution: Federal Regulation– ICC controls rates; no rebates; no secrets

• Railway Labor: 1916 Wilson gives in– 1918: Wilson seizes all railroads– 1920: railroads returned to private hands

• Long term: regulation helps shippers and hurts RR; can’t compete w highways

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William Howard Taft

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Taft wins bigIn 1908Over Bryan

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Taft was aProgressive At heart butCut dealsWith Cannon and Aldrich

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Aldrich was the Conservative GOPSenate leader.Taft begs and TR is mad.

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15Puck May 10, 1911

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Uncle JoeCannon Rules the HouseNorris leads1910 revoltthat weakensSpeaker

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TR vs Taft for control of GOP, 1911-12

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Taft beats TR for nominationTR walks out, forms new party

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1912TRWilsonTaft

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Wilson

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Dem Sweepin 1912

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Wilson &Brandeis:trusts areinefficient

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Wilson controls Dem party

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World War

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Antiwar mood in America

• Antiwar– Germans & Irish– Midwest– Women– Clergy

• Pro-Britain– British-Americans– Intellectuals

Ding Darling

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Ding Darling

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Wilson: Let us be neutral

McCutcheon

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TR for war & Bryan against:both parties

divided

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Wilson (Dem) reelected 1916

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Wilson tries to mediate

• He is ridiculed• Britain: maybe

– Goal: Stop Germany

• Germany: maybe– Goals: control Europe

• Italy: NEVER

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US: Wilson preaches peace

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Germany: Wilson a hypocrite

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Debs &radicals opposed draft & sent to prison