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

1

TR and Wilson

Dr Jensen

TAH 2008

2

Bryan--loser in189619001908

3

Bryan asDon Quixote—Loses in 1900

4

JUDGE 1907

5

ProtectionistView

6

7

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

8

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

9

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

10

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

11

William Howard Taft

12

Taft wins bigIn 1908Over Bryan

13

Taft was aProgressive At heart butCut dealsWith Cannon and Aldrich

14

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

15Puck May 10, 1911

16

Uncle JoeCannon Rules the HouseNorris leads1910 revoltthat weakensSpeaker

17

TR vs Taft for control of GOP, 1911-12

18

19

20

Taft beats TR for nominationTR walks out, forms new party

21

1912TRWilsonTaft

22

Wilson

23

Dem Sweepin 1912

24

Wilson &Brandeis:trusts areinefficient

25

Wilson controls Dem party

26

World War

27

Antiwar mood in America

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

• Pro-Britain– British-Americans– Intellectuals

Ding Darling

28

Ding Darling

29

Wilson: Let us be neutral

McCutcheon

30

TR for war & Bryan against:both parties

divided

31

Wilson (Dem) reelected 1916

32

Wilson tries to mediate

• He is ridiculed• Britain: maybe

– Goal: Stop Germany

• Germany: maybe– Goals: control Europe

• Italy: NEVER

33

US: Wilson preaches peace

34

Germany: Wilson a hypocrite

35

Debs &radicals opposed draft & sent to prison