Tafts presidency- made secretary of interior wealthy lawyer, instead of conserving removed a lot of acres of land that roosevelt had set aside and opened it up to the public, roosevelt was very upset with taft, dollar diplomacy allowed american banks to loan money to other countries, 16th amendment- graduated income tax goes into affect, not a great speaker
election of 1912- due to problems with Taft, republicans split into old-guard republicans and progressive republicans, Roosevelt did not get the republican nomination so decided to run as third party candidate, Progressive Party or Bull Moose Party, Woodrow WIlson ran as Democrat candidate, Eugene V. Debs- Socialists, mudslinging, Wilson was able to win because there were 2 republicans running so those votes were split and he got all the democrat votes
Wilsons background- raised during civil war, not rich, lawyer, history professor, 20th president in election of 1912, 1914 declared nuetrality, germany started attacking ships, decided to go to war, cerebrial hemmerage which he never recovered from, finished term then retiered for the rest of his life, president of princetown university, governor of new jersey, family of ministers very strict upbringing
Wilson accomplishments as presidents- underwood act- lowering tariffs on imported goods, clayton anti trust act- from sherman anti trust act, broke up monopolies, labor unions could exist, federal trade commision act- made sure they were following laws correctly and could break up monopolies, underwood tariff- drastically cut tariff rates for the first time since civil war
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