HY 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 29: Mexican Revolution, Victoriano Huerta, Adamson Act
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Woodrow wilson became the governor of new jersey by campaigning against trusts and promising to return the state government to the people. The democrats chose woodrow wilson as their presidential candidate for the election of: the democrats saw wilson as a reformist leader who could beat the republican party"s candidate, taft. The democrats had a strong progressive platform that called for stronger antitrust laws, banking reform, and tariff reductions (new freedom program). They favored small enterprise, entrepreneurship, and the free functioning of unregulated and unmonopolized markets, but they did not support social-welfare programs that. Theodore roosevelt ran again in the election as a 3rd party candidate for the progressive. Roosevelt ran ran with a new nationalism program, which supported stronger control of trusts, woman suffrage, and programs of social welfare. Both candidates favored a more active government role in economic and social affairs, but they disagreed over specific strategies.
