Historical Joint Crisis Committee (HJCC)

Agenda item: American Elections of 1912 (4 Cabinets)

Year: 1912

USG: Görkem Can Coşkun

ACAS: Cihan Emre Elbir

Description:

The United States of America during it’s progressive period in the early twentieth century faces many new internal challenges and evaluates different routes. After a long century of expansion, reconstruction, increasing population, racial segregation and industrialisation, the American nation continues to continuously grow both internally and externally. An era of global industrial development, the melting pot continues to rise among the global powers as well. However, with many social changes, increasing working population, debates upon racial segregation, prohibition, corporations & the upper strata, political shifts and developing global tension, the United States finds itself at a crossroads in the year 1912, with four political parties in the arena.

At one hand, we have the incumbent President Taft, leading the republican ticket. On the other hand, an important figure, the Governor of New Jersey, Wilson takes over the democratic nomination. Opposing both parties, Roosevelt decides to separate from the Republicans for pure American politics with the progressive party. Finally, a new but controversial vision, Debs enters the race with the socialist party. Who shall take the presidency in D.C. and lead the nation accordingly with their agenda?