Taft's Reforms

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

Roosevelt split from the Republicans and formed the Progressive Party.

Why did Theodore Roosevelt want William Taft to succeed him as president?

Roosevelt thought Taft would carry out Roosevelt's progressive reforms.

Which position did Taft hold after his presidency?

Supreme Court justice

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

Taft had the support of the northern Republican conservatives.

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

Taft was less progressive than they had hoped.

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

They wanted to use natural resources for business purposes.

A major progressive business reform that President Taft enacted was

breaking up large monopolies.

Conservative Republicans wanted to use tariffs to protect American industry from

foreign competition.

To which post did Theodore Roosevelt appoint William Howard Taft in 1904?

secretary of war

President Taft's passage of the Mann-Elkins Act in 1910 continued Roosevelt's legacy of railroad reform by

strengthening the Interstate Commerce Commission.