Teaching American History
Teaching American History: Progressive Platform of 1912
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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Theodore Roosevelt Association: Bull Moose Speech Assasination Attempt
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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Theodore Roosevelt Association: Bull Moose Years of Theodore Roosevelt
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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Us News and World Report: Teddy Roosevelt, on the Bull Moose Party Ticket
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...