17 4 Worksheet

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17-4: Progressivism Under Taft Section Objectives 1. Summarize the events of the Taft presidency. 2. Explain the division in the Republican Party. 3. Describe the election of 1912. 1. Who is William Howard Taft? _______________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Define Tariff: (p. R46 in text) ___________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Why did Taft’s statement on tariffs, “[It’s] the best bill the Republican party ever passed,” land him in hot water with progressives? __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ 4. What are three things that Taft did that angered progressive Republicans? 1. ____________________________________________________________________________ 2. ____________________________________________________________________________ 3. ____________________________________________________________________________

Republican Party Splinters 5. How did Taft’s support of Joe Cannon create a split among republicans? __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________

1912 Presidential Election 6. Who made up the Bull Moose Party? __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ 7. In the 1912 election, four parties run candidates. Who did each of the following parties run for president and what was their candidate’s position on big business. Progressive Party ______________________________ Position: ___________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ Republican Party ______________________________ Position: ___________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ Democratic Party ______________________________ Position: ___________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ Socialist Party ________________________________ Position: ___________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________

Why the “Bull Moose” Party Roosevelt often used the phrase, strong as a bull moose to describe his strength and vigor. An example: When he was shot by a would-be assassin in Milwaukee, Wis., on the evening of Oct. 14, 1912, he insisted on immediately filling an engagement to speak, saying to the audience, "It takes more than that to kill a bull moose." The crowd went wild. Following his speech he finally went to the hospital. What saved his life was his 50 pages of notes he had stuffed in his inner pocket of his jacket.