Mr. Coonen U.S. History
16.4 Taft and Wilson
THE INSIDE STORY: CAN POLITICS AND FRIENDSHIP MIX?
What did TR tell the people when he ran for election in 1904?
Who was TR’s Secretary of War?
Who did TR endorse in the 1908 election?
Why did TR’s and Taft’s friendship turn bitter?
PROGRESSIVISM UNDER TAFT
What did Sixteenth Amendment do?
Why did Progressives favor this amendment?
Why did Taft’s signing of the Payne-Aldrich Tariff anger Progressives?
How did the Ballinger-Pinchot affair convince many Americans that Taft
wasn’t fully committed to conservation?
Split in the Republican Party
What did Progressive Republicans do when the Republican party nominated
Taft as its presidential candidate for the 1912 election?
So….essentially, the Republican party is split between two candidates. Who
are they?
With that split, who is the Democrat that wins the 1912 election?
WILSON’S NEW FREEDOM
Describe the reputation of Wilson as being a progressive reformer. What had
he done before he became President?
Describe New Freedom:
Tariff Reduction
Describe the Underwood Tariff Act:
What came about or resulted as a result of the Underwood Tariff Act?
Banking Reform
Explain the three levels of the Federal Reserve Act:
Level 1:
Level 2:
Level 3:
How did the Federal Reserve Act try to prevent bank failures?
Stronger Antitrust Laws
What did the Clayton Antitrust Act prohibit companies from doing?
What was the job of the Federal Trade Commission?
WOMEN GAIN THE VOTE
Take notes as you see appropriate:
PROGRESSIVISM AND THE RIGHTS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS
Why did TR dishonorably discharge 167 African American soldiers in 1906?
Provide THREE examples of how Wilson’s record toward African Americans
was not progressive:
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