Politics

Presidents and Politics- //Rule to Remember- “If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog”-Harry Truman // The items below should chart how the leadership of America changed over the course of the last 108 years? What qualities and characteristics have Americans preferred in their leaders? How have presidents and government succeeded and failed over the course of the century? How do presidents get chosen? 1900 - Woodrow Wilson Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States. He regarded himself as the personal representative of the people. He felt that no one but the President should be expected to look out for the general interests of the country. Wilson took personal control of negotiations with Germany. Woodrow Wilson was born in Virgina in 1854. Woodrow Wilson graduated from Princeton, then the College of New Jersey, and the University of Virginal Law School. Woodrow Wilson died February 3, 1924 in Washington, D.C.
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- Election of 1912
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For the United States presidential election of 1912 it was fought among three major candidates, two of whom had previously won election to the office. Incumbent President William Howard Taft was renominated by the Republican party with the support of the conservative wing of the party. After former President Theodore Roosevelt failed to get the Republican nomination, he called his own convention and created a new Progressive Party which was nicknamed the Bull Moose Party. It nominated Roosevelt and ran candidates for other offices in major states. Democrat Woodrow Wilson was nominated on the 46th ballot of a contentious convention, thanks to the support of William Jennings Bryan. He defeated both Taft and Roosevelt in the general election, winning a huge majority in the Electoral College despite only winning 42% of the popular vote, and initiating the only period between 1892 and 1932 when a Democrat was elected President. Wilson was the second of only two Democrats to be elected President between 1860 and 1932. This was also the last election in which a third party candidate came in second in the Electoral College.

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 * Nominee || **[|Woodrow Wilson]** || [|Theodore Roosevelt] || [|William Howard Taft] ||
 * < Party || [|Democratic] || [|Progressive] || [|Republican] ||
 * Home state || [|New Jersey] || [|New York] || [|Ohio] ||
 * Running mate || **[|Thomas R. Marshall]** || [|Hiram Johnson] || [|Nicholas Murray Butler] ||
 * Electoral vote || **435** || 88 || 8 ||
 * States carried || 40 || 6 || 2 ||
 * Popular vote || **6,296,284** || 4,122,721 || 3,486,242 ||
 * Percentage || **41.8%** || 27.4% || 23.2% ||
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-**William Jennings Bryan  ** Joined the prosecution in the " Monkey Trials" (Scopes Trial) against the teachings of evolution in schools, he was supposed to be an expert on the Bible, but was made to look silly in the case and died soon afterward One of the most popular speakers in American history, he was noted for a deep, commanding voice. Bryan was a devout [|Presbyterian], a supporter of popular democracy, a critic of banks and railroads, a leader of the [|silverite] movement in the 1890s, a leading figure in the Democratic Party, a [|peace] advocate, a [|prohibitionist] , an opponent of [|Social Darwinism] , and one of the most prominent leaders of [|Populism] in late 19th- and early 20th century. Because of his faith in the goodness and rightness of the common people, he was called "The Great Commoner." In the intensely fought [|1896 election] and [|1900 election], he was defeated by [|William McKinley] but retained control of the [|Democratic Party]. For presidential candidates, Bryan invented the national stumping tour. In his three presidential bids, he promoted [|Free Silver] in 1896, [|anti-imperialism] in 1900, and [|trust-busting] in 1908, calling on Democrats, in cases where corporations are protected, to renounce states rights to fight the [|trusts] and big banks, and embrace [|populist ideas]. His most famous speech called the "Cross of Gold" encouraged the government to change the monetary system.
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16.) Birth of a Nation
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