The Republican Party split up between Roosevelt and Taft. Rosevelts Party was called the Progressive Party with Hiram Johnson as VP. Roosevelt created a "New Nationalism" where they saw a minimum wage for women, an 8-hour workday, a child labor law, a social security system, a national health service, and the direct election of U.S. Senators. William Jennings Bryan decided to endorse Woodrow Wilson for the Democratic Party presidential nomination. Roosevelt was shot by John Schrank while he was camping, right before he was about to give a speech.

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