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Which issue was so important to President Taft that he called a special session of Congress shortly after his inauguration?
tariff reform
What was so important to President Taft that he called a special session of Congress shortly after his inauguration?
tariff reform
The progressive faction of the Republican party protested President Taft's handling of what?
The progressive faction of the Republican party protested President Taft's handling of issues such as tariff reform, conservation, and the influence of big business. They believed that Taft was not doing enough to address these concerns and pushed for more progressive policies and reforms.
Why did Theodore roosevelt warn William Taft to stay away from tariff reform?
It would devide the Republican Party
How did Taft lose support of the republican progressives?
William H. Taft was elected president in 1908. He enraged the Republican Progressives by lowering tariff rates, replacing the secretary of the interior and by breaking up the U.S Steel trust.
Theodore Roosevelt warned William Howard Taft to stay away from tariff reform because it would?
Theodore Roosevelt warned William H. Taft to stay away from tariff reform because he knew it would have negative consequences. These consequences were the alienation of the Republican Progressive party and the raising of the tariffs on some goods.
Was president Roosevelt more actively involved in reform efforts than President Taft?
true
What did president Taft sign to angere progressive supporters?
William Taft signed the Payne - Aldrich Tariff Act which angered progressive supporters.
What William Taft's political platform?
William Taft was nominated by Teddy Roosevelt to become President after him. President Roosevelt and William Taft's wife had to talk William into running. During his campaign he relied heavily on President Roosevelt and promised to follow in his conservative footsteps.
Why did Theodore Roosevelt warn William Howard Taft to stay away from tariff reform?
Roosevelt knew tariff reform was the wedge that could divide the Eastern establishment wing of the party, which wanted higher tariffs and greater protection, from the Wester progressives, who wanted lower tariffs and freer markets. Teddy had known how to lead progressively and "drag" the conservatives along with him, but any subsequent president who empowered the political machinations of Congress, where the establishment was in majority, to play with tariff reform (which has so many complexities a raised tariff could be politically "disguised" to look like a lowered tariff), would be giving away the fulcrum position and diminishing his ability to galvanize progressive action -- not to mention risking an actual rift in the party (which indeed is exactly what happened, when Roosevelt himself decided to run against Taft in 1912 under the banner of the new Progressive Republican, or "Bull Moose," Party).
What Ohio politician had a tariff named after him?
Taft
Why did so many progressive politicians and writers complain that President Taft didn't support former President Roosevelt's progressive policies?
taft raised tariffs
