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9.4 Overview: Progressivism under Taft
Main Idea: Taft was
ambivalent about progressive reform. As a result the Republican party
split and the election of 1912 became a three way race.
1. Why was Taft selected to run for president?
2. What did he do to anger Roosevelt?
3. What problems developed within the Republican party and how
did it split?
4. Why did the Democrats win in 1912?