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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Woodrow Wilson: Win the Election of 1912

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive feature, you'll get the chance to form your own political party and try your hand at winning the Presidential Election of 1912. The election of 1912 featured four candidates: Woodrow Wilson, William Howard Taft,...
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Primary
Teaching American History

Teaching American History: Progressive Platform of 1912

For Students 9th - 10th
Find the document outlining the platform of the Bull Moose Party. It explains why it has become a third-party contender and discusses the many progressive planks of the party for the election of 1912. It interestingly advocated a single...
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Handout
Library of Congress

Loc: Today in History: June 22: Houdini & Bull Moose Born

For Students 9th - 10th
Read here to learn about the 1912 break in the Republican party that led Teddy Roosevelt to establish the Progressive, or Bull Moose, party and learn about Houdini and the historical events of June 22.
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Other

Theodore Roosevelt Association: Bull Moose Speech Assasination Attempt

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the campaign speech that Theodore Roosevelt gave in October, 1912, just after he was shot in an assasination attempt. Find out why the party he was campaigning for came to be called the Bull Moose party.
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Other

Theodore Roosevelt Association: Bull Moose Years of Theodore Roosevelt

For Students 9th - 10th
A very interesting look at the rift in the Republican Party in the campaign of 1912 and the resultant third-party candidacy of Theodore Roosevelt. Read about what the Bull Moose Party stood for and the states that supported it in the...
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Primary
PBS

Pbs: American Experience: Progressive Party Platform, 1912

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides text of the Progressive Party platform in 1912. In this primary source document, the Bull Moose Party declares its stance on issues of the 1912 election.
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Other

Us News and World Report: Teddy Roosevelt, on the Bull Moose Party Ticket

For Students 9th - 10th
A great explanation of the divide in the Republican Party in the campaign of 1912, which resulted in Theodore Roosevelt becoming a third-party candidate. Read about the vying between two Progressives, one Democratic and one previously...
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: The Election of 1912

For Students 5th - 8th
William Howard Taft was a disappointment to the progressive-minded Theodore Roosevelt. Read about how he tried to be the Republican Party candidate in 1912, and when that failed, he started a third party, the platform of which was filled...
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Website
Ohio History Central

Ohio History Central: Bull Moose Party

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about the spilt in the Republican Party during the campaign of 1912, which resulted in the formation of the Bull Moose Party, the progressive party which selected Theodore Roosevelt as its candidate.