Today, in class, we got on the computers as Mr. Bruns showed us the Wikipedia page he edited, which was about Zack Galifianakis, which Mr. Bruns butchered the pronunciation of his name.
We did blog discussions. Drake talked more about William Taft some, where in his last month of Presidency, he worked to pass the 16th amendment, which was the graduated income tax. This means the more money you make, the more you lose to taxes. Why was Taft not well liked? He wasn't very energetic and he also promised to lower tariffs however sometimes he would RAISE tariffs.
Mr. Bruns took over the Republican party split, which was featured on the election of 1912. Teddy Roosevelt came back from Africa as he was displeased with what Taft was doing. Roosevelt ran for the Republican nomination again, but William Howard Taft won the vote. He wouldn't let it go, so Roosevelt started a third party. It was also known as the Bull Moose Party. This insured a Democratic win in the election, as half the Republicans would be voting for one of the two parties, while 100 percent of the Democrats would vote for Woodrow Wilson.
He got the name 'Bull Moose' party from a speech he was giving. He was shot in the middle of it, but decided to finish his speech before he got medical attention. When asked how he felt, he said, "I feel as strong as a Bull Moose."
The Bull-Moose platform voted toward the direct election of senators, and was for woman suffrage and a minimum wage for women and multiple other views. During the campaign before the election, both Roosevelt and Taft take shots at each other. Taft called T.R. a "dangerous egotist" while Roosevelt called Taft a "Fat Head with the brain of a guinea pig." Wilson stood back and was quoted to have saying "don't interfere when your enemy is destroying himself."
Josh talked about Woodrow Wilson's background. In 1914, Wilson declared the US for neutrality during World War I. Before entering politics, he worked as a lawyer, a history professor, and the President of Princeton University.
Comments