Although I didn't find a whole lot of information on William Taft's policy on African Americans during his presidency, I did find that he mainly tried to carry on with Teddy Roosevelt's ideas, and policies.
His main ideas were to focus on getting African Americans the rights that they deserved, and abolish segregation among races. Even though these were his policies, he did not do much to enforce the laws made to help get rid of these things. He also told African Americans at that time to stay out of politics because he didn't think the nation was ready for black politicians at that point in time.
One of the things that he did do to help African Americans was that he endorsed African American leader Booker T. Washington and his program to help blacks be more accepted, and be able to move up in society. Last, William Taft helped found a group called the NAACP which was supposed to help gain civil rights for blacks as well as abolish segregation and discrimination. One of the major accomplishments of the NAACP was getting rid of the grandfather clause.
I think that William Howard Taft did a lot of good things for the black community, but he could have done more if he had enforced the laws, and been more strict about it.
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My last topic was the Democratic Candidate and platform of the 1912 presidential election. In this election, the democratic nominee was Woodrow Wilson, and the republican candidate was William Taft. Also, this election was interesting because there was a popular third party candidate from the progressive party, and that nominee was Teddy Roosevelt.
Teddy Roosevelt made a huge difference in the election because it caused a split republican vote between him and Taft, giving Wilson the victory with just a 42% popular vote. The vice president of Wilson was Thomas Marshall. The platform of Woodrow Wilson called for tariff reductions, stronger antitrust laws, a federal income tax, and a currency reform.
I think that if Teddy Roosevelt had not run for president, the election would have turned out differently. It is also a good thing that Wilson won, because he did a lot more for our country than I think Taft would have done.
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Good but could have expanded more on Wilson's platform. Be sure to discuss your pictures as well.