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American History Ch. 8 Sec. 3

American History Ch. 8 Sec. 3. The Progressive Presidents: Reform Under Taft. True or False?. President Taft gained the support of progressives when he signed the Payne-Aldrich Tariff, which called for higher tariffs to reduce consumer costs. False – he lost support of progressives.

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American History Ch. 8 Sec. 3

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  1. American HistoryCh. 8 Sec. 3 The Progressive Presidents: Reform Under Taft

  2. True or False? • President Taft gained the support of progressives when he signed the Payne-Aldrich Tariff, which called for higher tariffs to reduce consumer costs. False – he lost support of progressives

  3. True or False? • Theodore Roosevelt’s New Nationalism supported progressive legislation that safeguarded workers’ interests, protected public health, and regulated business. True

  4. True or False? • President Taft encouraged business reform and urged Congress to pass the Mann-Elkins Act, which brought telephone and telegraph companies under the ICC’s control True

  5. True or False? • Democrat and reform advocate Woodrow Wilson won the 1912 presidential election despite the strength of the Republican party. False – he won because of the split in the Republican party

  6. True or False? • George Norris proposed a motion that, when passed, excluded the Speaker of the House of Representatives from the Rules Committee. True

  7. True or False? • After losing the 1912 Republican presidential nomination, Theodore Roosevelt threw his support behind William Howard Taft and worked to unify the Republican party False – he formed the Progressive Party, or Bull Moose Party

  8. True or False? • President Taft lost progressive support when he fired conservationist Gifford Pinchot. True

  9. True or False? • Eugene Debs ran for president as a member of the Socialist party, which advocated that workers run the government and that the government own all major industries. True

  10. True or False? • Nelson Aldrich’s New Freedom program called for a revival of small businesses False – It was Woodrow Wilson’s program

  11. True or False? • Progressives criticized the individual income tax, authorized by the Sixteenth Amendment, as an unfair way to fund useless government programs False – Progressives supported individual income tax

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