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1900
-Republican: William McKinnley
-Democratic: William Jennings Bryan (also supported by the populist party)
-McKinnley wins but is assasinated soon after taking office and Theodore Roosevelt takes over
-Key Issues:
-Imperialism
-Control in the Philipines
-American intrests in foreign markets
Republicans: expanding ties with China, a protectorate status for the Philippines, antitrust policy that condemned monopolies
Democrats: Pushed for free silver and increased world prices -
Election of 1904
Republican Candidate: Roosevelt
Democratic Republican: Alton Parker
Socialist Candidate: Eugene Debbs
Roosevelt Wins
Key Issues:
-imperialism: Democrats against
-gold standard
-fair treatment and liberation of the filipinos
-labor unions= same rights as individuals
-economic and political corruption
-breaking up big trusts and monopolies
-social corruption: the poor condition in which people lived and worked in -
Election 1908
Republican Candidate: William Howard Taft
Democratic Candidate: William Jennings Bryan
Socialist Candidate: Eugene Debbs
Taft Wins
Keys Issues:
-Anti-Trust Issue
-Bryan: “Shall the People Rule?”
-foriegn affairs
-policies of Roosevelt…who would carry them out? -
Election of 1912
Republican: Willam Howard Taft
Progressive: Theodore Roosevelt
Democrat: Woodrow Wilson
Socialist: Eugene Debs
Wilson Wins
Key issues:
- Social Reform ("New Nationalism")
-Trusts (Monopolies)
- The Standard Oil case of 1911
-16th Amendment (Federal Income Tax, ratified in 1913)
Progressive: Federal Trade Commission (which would keep watch for unfair business practices)
Democrat: "The New Freedom" (individualism instead of a strong government) -
Election of 1916
Republican Candidate: Charles Hughes
Democratic Candidate: Woodrow Wilson
Wilson Wins
Key Issues:
-Democrats: Republican victory would mean war with Germany and Mexico
-Hughes: greater mobilization and preparedness
-intervention in the Mexican Civil War
-pro-labor laws
-domestic and war issues (WW1 later erupts)
-ban on child labor
-prison reform
-women's suffrage
-Pan-American unity
