Progressive Era Presidents Taft and Wilson

Read Chapter 17-4 (Progressivism Under Taft) and Chapter 17-5 (Wilson's New Freedom)
Title: Progressive Era Presidents Taft and Wilson Labels: Wilson, Taft, Progressive_Era

1. How did William Howard Taft get selected to run for president?
Taft had been Roosevelt's secretary of war. Roosevelt hand picked him to run.

2. How did Teddy Roosevelt come to oppose Taft for the presidency in 1912?
After returning from Africa, Roosevelt decided to run for president for a third term.Taft was in office.

3. What events helped Woodrow Wilson win the election in 1912?
Split Republican votes helped Woodrow Wilson the election in 1912.

4. What legislation did Wilson use to attack trusts and monopolies?
The New Freedom platform used antitrust legislation to attack trusts and monopolies. He got congress to pass the Clayton Antitrust Act and The Federal Trade Commission.

5. What was the Nineteenth Amendment?
The nineteenth amendment gives women the right to vote.

6. How did America's entry into World War I affect the reform movement?
America's entry into World War I provided a distraction from reform efforts and caused them to come to a stand-still.