Taft’s Reforms – Flashcards
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Which Republican challenged Taft during his run for a second term?
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Theodore Roosevelt
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What best explains why the political climate was ripe for a third-party candidate during the 1912 presidential election?
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The Republican Party was unsatisfied with its candidate.
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In which of the following areas was Taft less progressive than Roosevelt?
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supporting labor unions
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President Taft's creation of the Children's Bureau was an example of
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a progressive Republican social reform.
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Which position did Taft hold after his presidency?
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Supreme Court justice
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A major progressive business reform that President Taft enacted was
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breaking up large monopolies.
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To which post did Theodore Roosevelt appoint William Howard Taft in 1904?
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secretary of war
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Progressive and conservative Republicans disagreed on which of the following in the early 1900s?
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the role of US government
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How did Theodore Roosevelt become a party nominee in the presidential election of 1912?
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Roosevelt split from the Republicans and formed the Progressive Party.
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An effect of third-party candidates, such as Theodore Roosevelt, on presidential elections is
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they change outcomes of elections.
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Roosevelt choose a bull moose as a symbol for his new Progressive Party because
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he fought like one for things he believed in.
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A major progressive business reform that President Taft enacted was
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breaking up large monopolies.
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How did the Progressive Party set itself apart from the Democratic and Republican parties?
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The Progressive Party strongly supported women's suffrage.
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President Taft's passage of the Mann-Elkins Act in 1910 continued Roosevelt's legacy of railroad reform by
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strengthening the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Why were Theodore Roosevelt and his supporters disappointed in Taft's presidency?
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Taft was less progressive than they had hoped.
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How did Theodore Roosevelt become a party nominee in the presidential election of 1912?
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Roosevelt split from the Republicans and formed the Progressive Party.
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Which Republican challenged Taft during his run for a second term?
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Theodore Roosevelt
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Progressive and conservative Republicans disagreed on which of the following in the early 1900s?
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the role of US government
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How did Woodrow Wilson's presidential win in 1912 set a precedent?
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Wilson won the electoral college but less than fifty percent of the popular vote.
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To which post did Theodore Roosevelt appoint William Howard Taft in 1904?
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secretary of war
