1. Progressivism Under Taft

2. Taft becomes President
Roosevelt refused to run for office in 1908.
Roosevelt pushed his Secretary of War William Howard Taft
Campaign Slogan "Vote for Taft this time, You can vote for Bryan any time." 

3. Early Issues 
Received little credit for accomplishments coming behind Roosevelt
Hesitant to raise public opinion and control party members.

4. The Payne-Aldrich Tariff 
Compromise that only moderated the high rates of the Aldrich Bill.
Upset Progressives
Disputing Public Lands 
Conservationists upset due to appointment of Richard A. Ballinger (Secretary of the Interior)
Removed 1 million acres of forest and mining lands from reserved lists
Interior official fired for protesting Ballinger, official becomes Muckraker in Colloier's Weekly Magazine. 

5. Issues in Republican Party
Taft supports Political Boss Joseph Cannon
Conservatives and Progressives Split
Republicans side with Democrats to remove Joseph Cannon
Democrats win the House of Rep. For the first time in 18 Years 

6. Bull Moose Party Created by Theodore Roosevelt
Progressive Party "strong as a Bull Moose."
Called for intiative, reforms, recalls, woman suffrage, modern labor laws, and business regulation

7. Election of 1912 Wilson's Few Freedom (Democrat)
Taft's Conservatism (Republicans)
Roosevelt's Progressivism (Bull/Moose)
Eugene V Debs (Socialism)

8. Wilson, Taft, and Roosevelt
Create a triple Venn-Diagram