WHY DID THEY SUPPORT OR OPPOSE
TAFT
• PROGRESSIVES
– OPPOSED TAFT BECAUSE HE HAD SIGNED AND
DEFENDED THE PAYNE-ALDRICH TARRIFF,
SEEMED TO OPPOSE CONSERVATION, AND
SUPPORTED JOSEPH CANNON
• CONSERVATIVES
– SUPPORTED TAFT BECAUSE THEY OPPOSED
PROGRESSIVISM, ROOSEVELT, AND LOW TARIFFS
AND BECAUSE THEY FAVORED BUSINESS
WHAT PARTY DID THEY FORM OR
STAY WITH?
• PROGRESSIVES
– PROGRESSIVE OR BULL MOOSE
• CONSERVATIVES
– REPUBLICAN PARTY
WHO DID THEY RUN FOR PRESUDENT
• PROGRESSIVE PARTY
– THEODORE ROOSEVELT
• REPUBLICAN PARTY
– WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT
• DEMOCRATIC PARTY
– WOODROW WILSON
• SOCIALIST PARTY
– EUGENE V. DEBS
WHAT WAS THEIR CANDIDATE’S
POSITION ON BIG BUSINESS
• PROGRESSIVE PARTY
– SUPPORTED GOVERNMENT ACTION TO SUPERVISE
BIG BUSINESS, BUT DID NOT OPPOSE ALL BIG
BUSINESS MONOPOLIES
• REPUBLICAN PARTY
– FAVORED BUSINESS, BUT WORKED TO BREAK UP
TRUSTS
• DEMOCRATIC PARTY
– SUPPORTED SMALL BUSINESSES AND FREE MARKET
COMPETITION
• SOCIALIST PARTY
– FELT BIG BUSINSS WAS EVIL AND THAT THE
SOLUTION INVOLVED DOING AWAY WITH
CAPITALISM AND DISTRIBUTING WEALTH