William Howard Taft and the Election of 1912
Who did T.R. publicly side with, that made Taft angry?
Pinchot
By the time Taft's term ended, the Republican party had been split between....
Progressive and Conservative
During his presidency, T.R. had given approval for U.S. Steel's purchase of...
TN Coal and Iron Co.
What was a major reason that Taft won the 1912 election over T.R.?
Taft packed the Republican Convention delegate hall with delegates in his favor.
Who was with the Republican (conservative) Party in the 1912 election?
William Howard Taft
What did Wilson want to do?
abolish big business
The Workingman's Compensation Act would eventually expanded to compensate for...
all workers
T.R. announced in 1912 that he was "fit as a _________" and would _________
bull moose; run again
T.R. set aside million of acres for the national park system and made the acres off-limits to...
business interests
Richard Ballinger, Taft's Secretary of Interior, approved a transfer of public land in Alaska to....
coal mining interests
What was one goal of the Federal Trade Commission?
eliminate big business before they started
After Progressives united to try and strip Canon of his power and Taft sided with Canon, Progressive Republicans became...
even more angry
In 1916, the Workingman's Compensation Act was passed. It provided assistance to...
federal workers during periods of disability
Taft did what to Pinchot?
fired him
What did Roosevelt want to do?
further regulate big business
Wilson realized that he couldn't abolish big business, so he set out to...
further regulate it
T.R. returned from the Safari to find that...
his party was falling apart
Wilson was the first "__________" president since Thomas Jefferson.
intellectual
Taft warned Pinchot to _________ but Pinchot went othe press, setting off a _________
keep quiet; huge scandal
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) was established in 1914. It's duty was to abolish unfair business practices and eliminate the _______ of products and _________ advertising.
misbranding; false
Wilson was very religious, and believed that a strong government should be backed by _____________
moral principles
The Ballinger-Pinchot Affair centered around T.R.'s addition of....
national park systems
Wilson's conservative tendencies: *He initially _______ the women's right to vote *He was openly opposed to any _______________
opposed; civil rights measure
Republican House Speaker Joseph Canon was using his position to prevent _____________ from being voted upon.
progressive legislation
By the time he ran for re-election in 1916, Wilson had established the Democratic Party as the party of...
reform
What does Taft's administration do as a result of U.S. Steel's purchase of TN Coal and Iron Co.?
sues them
Taft's suing of U.S. Steel infuriated Taft, and set the stage for _____________, wherein T.R. would ______ Taft.
the 1912 election; oppose
The Ballinger-Pinchot Affair, the Insurgents Revolt of 1910 (involving Joseph Canon), and the U.S. Steel Anti-trust Act all led to...
the split of the Republican Party
Gifford Pinchot, who also worked in the Interior Department, complained that Taft was....
undoing what T.R. had done
Pinchot charged that Ballinger was crooked and that the transfer of lands was....
unethical
Who was with the Progressive (Bull Moose) Party in the 1912 election?
Theodore Roosevelt
Who was with the democrat in the 1912 election?
Woodrow Wilson
