Chapter 21: Section 4 Social Studies

Why did William Howard Taft raise the tariffs in 1909?

Republican reformers led to a deep split in the Republican Party.

sixteenth amendment

allows the federal government to impose direct taxes

pure food and drug act

law prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transport of contaminated food and drugs

progressive party

nickname the bull moose party because Roosevelt said he was "as strong as bull moose"

Theodore Roosevelt

president

How did William Howard Taft disappoint progressives?

taft chose to move more cautiously as president toward reforms and regulations and this upset progressives

William Howard Taft

take Roosevelt place of being president

conservation

the protection of nature and its resources

Woodrow Wilson

won the election vote by a wide margin

What reforms did Roosevelt support?

Conservation, Anti-Monopoly,and Pure Food and Drug Act.

In what ways were the reforms of president Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson similar?

Filled with a lot of abuse in government business and just the daily lives of the average citizen.

Why did Wilson win the election of 1912?

Wilson won as president because the Republican Party had split and had six million votes,and together Taft and Roosevelt