During the presidency of William Howard Taft
a. the Republican Party split into two factions.
b. Robert LaFollette emerged as an opponent of reform.
c. Theodore Roosevelt strongly supported the beleaguered president.
d. Richard Ballinger was fired as secretary of the interior.
ANS: a
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