Comparing the presidential leadership of T Roosevelt W H Taft and W Wilson in obtaining passage of measures regarding trustbusting the Hepburn At the Pure Food and Drug Act the Federal Trade Commission the Federal Reserve Act and conservation ID: 656855
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COS Standard 2 Part D
Evaluate social and political origins, accomplishments and limitations of Progressivism.Slide2
Comparing the presidential leadership of T. Roosevelt, W. H. Taft, and W. Wilson in obtaining passage of measures regarding trust-busting, the Hepburn At, the Pure Food and Drug Act, the Federal Trade Commission, the Federal Reserve Act and conservation
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William Howard Taft
Hand picked by TR
Defeated William Jennings Bryan
Slow approach to solving problems
Wanted to lower tariff rates
High tariffs…limited competitionhurt consumersprotected trustsSlide4
Why was Taft unpopular?
Joseph G. Cannon
Speaker of the House
Pushed bills through without discussion
People wanted him unseated
Taft stopped themPayne-Aldrich TariffRaised some taxes instead of lowering themRichard BallingerSecretary of the InteriorTried to turn over valuable lands in Alaska to a private business group for his own profitSlide5
Why was Taft unpopular? continued
Gifford Pinchot leaked to press scandal about Richard Ballinger and Alaska.
Charges were groundless for Ballinger
Pinchot was fired to disobedience
Sold the Square Deal down the river:
Democrats won majority in the House and Democrats and Progressive Republicans gained control of Senate from conservativesBrought twice as many anti-trust cases as TRAntitrust lawsuit against US SteelSlide6
Taft and Progressivism
Established the Children’s Bureau
Fight child labor
Conservationist
Monitored mining companies
Expanded national forestsProtected waterpower sites from private developmentSlide7
US Steel and Taft
Taft brought a antitrust lawsuit against US Steel
TR established
TR criticizes Taft and decides to run against Taft in the 1912 presidential election.