1 tr and wilson dr jensen tah 2008. 2 bryan-- loser in 1896 1900 1908
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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.
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