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WHY DID THEY SUPPORT OR OPPOSE TAFT

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1 WHY DID THEY SUPPORT OR OPPOSE TAFT
PROGRESSIVES OPPOSED TAFT BECAUSE HE HAD SIGNED AND DEFENDED THE PAYNE-ALDRICH TARRIFF, SEEMED TO OPPOSE CONSERVATION, AND SUPPORTED JOSEPH CANNON CONSERVATIVES SUPPORTED TAFT BECAUSE THEY OPPOSED PROGRESSIVISM, ROOSEVELT, AND LOW TARIFFS AND BECAUSE THEY FAVORED BUSINESS

2 WHAT PARTY DID THEY FORM OR STAY WITH?
PROGRESSIVES PROGRESSIVE OR BULL MOOSE CONSERVATIVES REPUBLICAN PARTY

3 WHO DID THEY RUN FOR PRESUDENT
PROGRESSIVE PARTY THEODORE ROOSEVELT REPUBLICAN PARTY WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT DEMOCRATIC PARTY WOODROW WILSON SOCIALIST PARTY EUGENE V. DEBS

4 WHAT WAS THEIR CANDIDATE’S POSITION ON BIG BUSINESS
PROGRESSIVE PARTY SUPPORTED GOVERNMENT ACTION TO SUPERVISE BIG BUSINESS, BUT DID NOT OPPOSE ALL BIG BUSINESS MONOPOLIES REPUBLICAN PARTY FAVORED BUSINESS, BUT WORKED TO BREAK UP TRUSTS DEMOCRATIC PARTY SUPPORTED SMALL BUSINESSES AND FREE MARKET COMPETITION SOCIALIST PARTY FELT BIG BUSINSS WAS EVIL AND THAT THE SOLUTION INVOLVED DOING AWAY WITH CAPITALISM AND DISTRIBUTING WEALTH


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