Taft's Reforms

Question 1

How did progressive and conservative Republicans feel about labor unions in the early 1900s?

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B: Progressives advocated for labor unions, but conservatives wanted to limit their power.

Question 2

Why did many conservative Republicans oppose conservation efforts in the early 1900s?

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C: They wanted to use natural resources for business purposes.

Question 3

How did Theodore Roosevelt become a party nominee in the presidential election of 1912?

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A: Roosevelt split from the Republicans and formed the Progressive Party.

Question 4

Why were Theodore Roosevelt and his supporters disappointed in Taft’s presidency?

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B: Taft was less progressive than they had hoped.

Question 5

Why did Democratic nominee Woodrow Wilson win the presidential election of 1912?

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B: Taft and Roosevelt split the Republican vote.

Question 6

Conservative Republicans wanted to use tariffs to protect American industry from

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B: foreign competition.

Question 7

Why did Taft win the Republican nomination during the 1912 presidential race?

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C: Taft had the support of the northern Republican conservatives.

Question 8

President Taft’s creation of the Children’s Bureau was an example of

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A: a progressive Republican social reform.

Question 9

Which Republican challenged Taft during his run for a second term?

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D: Theodore Roosevelt

Question 10

What best explains why the political climate was ripe for a third-party candidate during the 1912 presidential election?

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B: The Republican Party was unsatisfied with its candidate.

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