Taft's Progressives
What events led to the formation of the Progressive Party and what progressive reforms were enacted during the Taft Presidency and what events led to the election of Woodrow Wilson in the 1912 election?
During Taft’s administration, he enacted on many progressive reforms, the progressive party was formed, and Woodrow Wilson was elected in 1912. While being president, Taft was very active in passing progressive reforms. Some of Taft’s greatest accomplishments can be found in his work on antitrust laws. For example, even though Taft was more conservative than Roosevelt, he filed twice as many anti trust suits. Among these is the breakup of Standard Oil for being a monopoly and systematically raising prices. Additionally, Taft passed the sixteenth
and seventeenth amendments which succeeded in levying the federal income tax and direct election of senators. Lastly, Taft was an advocate for dollar diplomacy. This guaranteed loans made to foreign countries. Taft’s dollar diplomacy also indirectly encouraged Americans to seize opportunities abroad. All in all, many progressive reforms were enacted on during the Taft Presidency.
While Taft was very successful in his progressive reforms, certain events still led to the formation of the progressive party. During Taft’s administration, republicans were split between progressives and conservatives. These two parties conflicted because they had different ideals surrounding the type of candidate that they wanted to represent the republican party. When this conflict was at its peak, a group called the insurgents attempted to keep Taft from getting re-elected for the republican candidate. Unfortunately from them, the conservative majority in the republican party ensured that Taft beat out Roosevelt and received the nomination. Because of this, the progressives split off from the republican party to support Roosevelt. In summary, the progressive party was formed to support the progressive candidate: Theodore Roosevelt instead of the conservative candidate: William Taft.
The formation of the progressive party played a large role in the election of 1912. For the election, the democrats nominated Woodrow Wilson who would go on to become the president. At the time, the republicans were split between two candidates: Roosevelt and Taft. Consequently, Wilson had a huge advantage. Wilson had the support of the entire democratic party while Roosevelt and Taft each had support from about half of the republican party. Because of this, Wilson won the election with the largest electoral majority of any presidential candidate up to that time. In conclusion, during Taft's presidency, he passed many progressive reforms, caused the formation of the progressive party, and partook in the events leading to the election of Woodrow Wilson.
During Taft’s administration, he enacted on many progressive reforms, the progressive party was formed, and Woodrow Wilson was elected in 1912. While being president, Taft was very active in passing progressive reforms. Some of Taft’s greatest accomplishments can be found in his work on antitrust laws. For example, even though Taft was more conservative than Roosevelt, he filed twice as many anti trust suits. Among these is the breakup of Standard Oil for being a monopoly and systematically raising prices. Additionally, Taft passed the sixteenth
and seventeenth amendments which succeeded in levying the federal income tax and direct election of senators. Lastly, Taft was an advocate for dollar diplomacy. This guaranteed loans made to foreign countries. Taft’s dollar diplomacy also indirectly encouraged Americans to seize opportunities abroad. All in all, many progressive reforms were enacted on during the Taft Presidency.
While Taft was very successful in his progressive reforms, certain events still led to the formation of the progressive party. During Taft’s administration, republicans were split between progressives and conservatives. These two parties conflicted because they had different ideals surrounding the type of candidate that they wanted to represent the republican party. When this conflict was at its peak, a group called the insurgents attempted to keep Taft from getting re-elected for the republican candidate. Unfortunately from them, the conservative majority in the republican party ensured that Taft beat out Roosevelt and received the nomination. Because of this, the progressives split off from the republican party to support Roosevelt. In summary, the progressive party was formed to support the progressive candidate: Theodore Roosevelt instead of the conservative candidate: William Taft.
The formation of the progressive party played a large role in the election of 1912. For the election, the democrats nominated Woodrow Wilson who would go on to become the president. At the time, the republicans were split between two candidates: Roosevelt and Taft. Consequently, Wilson had a huge advantage. Wilson had the support of the entire democratic party while Roosevelt and Taft each had support from about half of the republican party. Because of this, Wilson won the election with the largest electoral majority of any presidential candidate up to that time. In conclusion, during Taft's presidency, he passed many progressive reforms, caused the formation of the progressive party, and partook in the events leading to the election of Woodrow Wilson.