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Taft and Wilson
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What president endorsed Taft to run for president on the Republican ticket in 1908? | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Describe William Howard Taft. | jA good administrator and judge, but disliked politics and lacked Roosevelt's dynamic personality. |
| How did Taft alienate progressives? | He signed a law that that reaised tariffs and rejected progressive concerns in an environmental controversy. |
| Who did the Republicans nominate for the election of 1912? | Taft |
| Who did the progressives support in the 1912 election? | Roosevelt |
| Who did the democrats nominate for the 1912 election? | Woodrow Wilson |
| Describe Wilson's platform. | His New Freedom progressivism rejected monopolies and encouraged competition. His presidency expanded the the role of government and and affected tariffs, and banking systems, trusts and workers rights. |
| Who won the election of 1912 | Woodrow Wilson, a democrat with Progressive ideas. |
| How did Taft help conservations efforts? | |
| How did Taft alleviate child labor problems? | |
| How did Taft strengthen the ICC ( | |
| How did Taft replacing Roosevelt's secretary of the interior cause a dispute between Taft and the progressives? | |
| What problems did Taft have with progressives on tariff issues? | |
| How did Taft's accomplishments regarding conservation and trustbusting compare to Roosevelt's? | |
| What was the difference between Taft and Roosevelt regarding the relationship between the president and congress | |
| What were Taft's Progressive reforms? | |
| Who were the three major candidates of the 1912 election? | |
| What new federal agencies increased the government's power to regulate the economy? | |
| Why did Pres. Wilson establish the Federal Reserve System? | |
| What was the impact of the 16th amendment? | |
| How did the Adamson Act improve labor conditions? | |
| Which of Wilson's reforms do you consider most important? Why? | |
| What effects did progressivism have on American society? | |
| How did Progressivism change American beliefs about the federal government? |