The results of the 1912 election
a. represented a complete repudiation of the political and economic principles of progressivism
b. gave Woodrow Wilson a resounding electoral victory in the presidential contest, but a narrower popular vote victory for Wilson, especially in states outside the old Confederacy.
c. left both houses of Congress in the hands of the Republicans.
d. marked the end of the political career of William Howard Taft in Washington, D.C.
e. included a negligible and disappointing popular vote total for the Socialist presidential candidate Eugene Debs.
b
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Explain the break between William Howard Taft and Theodore Roosevelt, and discuss the impact of this break on the Republican party and on the 1912 presidential election.
What will be an ideal response?
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A. treated as symbols of the larger truth of life B. treated as simple, carefree lovers C. depicted in the everyday world of the eighteenth century D. depicted as carrying the heavy burdens of a difficult life
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A) middle- and upper-class white women B) middle- and upper-class white men C) lower-class or poor white women D) the clergy of the Protestant churches
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A) labor-management strife came to an immediate end. B) labor was left free to organize without interference from the federal government. C) unions were imposed on many agricultural workers who did not want them. D) labor obtained the support necessary for successfully organizing.