William Taft #8: Rock Bottom (1910-1912); Topics covered include: President of the United States, difficulties mount, seeks free trade with Canada, seeks arbitration agreements with Britain and France, conflicts grow with Theodore Roosevelt including related to the Antitrust Suit against U.S. Steel, death of Archibald Butt on the Titanic, 1912 Election, Republican National Convention, Roosevelt breaks with the Republican Party and launches the Progressive Party, Taft is angry and depressed, Woodrow Wilson wins the election, and Taft's presidency ends

Key people: Theodore Roosevelt, JP Morgan, George Wickersham, Archibald Butt, Henry Allen, Woodrow Wilson, and Champ Clark

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