Taft's Reforms — Quiz

Question 1

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

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a progressive Republican social reform.

Question 2

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

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secretary of war

Question 3

Conservative Republicans wanted to use tariffs to protect American industry from

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foreign competition.

Question 4

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

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

Question 5

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

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Taft was less progressive than they had hoped.

Question 6

Which position did Taft hold after his presidency?

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Supreme Court justice

Question 7

A major progressive business reform that President Taft enacted was

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breaking up large monopolies.

Question 8

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

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They wanted to use natural resources for business purposes.

Question 9

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

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

Question 10

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

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strengthening the Interstate Commerce Commission.

Taft's Reforms — Quiz Answers