jan 1, 1909 - Ballinger
Pinchot
Affair
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Ballinger (Secretary of the Interior) and Taft open Alaska to oil drilling. Pinchot protests and goes to the papers. Taft fires Pinchot. Truly begins the Republican Party's split.
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