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Short Quiz / Exit Slip: President William Howard Taft
Part A: Multiple Choice: Instructions: Choose the option that answers the question.
1. Who set the precedent of only running two terms in office as President?
a. George Washington
b. John Adams
c. Thomas Jefferson
d. Aaron Burr
2. Why did Teddy Roosevelt want William Howard Taft to win the Presidency?
a. TR wanted to be Taft’s Vice President.
b. TR believed Taft would finally allow monopolies to reunite again.
c. TR wanted Taft to sell Yellowstone National Park to private industries to pay off the national debt.
d. TR wanted Taft to continue his Progressive Policies.
3. Taft supported the Payne-Aldrich Tariff. This led many people to believe what about Taft?
a. He was unwilling to remove lands from the conservation list.
b. He was strongly continuing the policies of Teddy Roosevelt.
c. He was not going to take a strong stand against tariffs.
d. None of the above
4. Who started the Bull Moose Party?
a. Teddy Roosevelt
b. William Howard Taft
c. Woodrow Wilson
d. Richard A. Ballinger
5.
Who won the Election of 1912?
a. Woodrow Wilson
b. William Hoard Taft
c. William Jennings Bryan
d. Teddy Roosevelt.
Part B: Short Answer: Instructions: Answer the question below.
1. Why was the Bull Moose Party formed? How did it impact the Election of 1912?
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Short Quiz / Exit Slip: President William Howard Taft
Part A: Multiple Choice: Instructions: Choose the option that answers the question.
1. Who set the precedent of only running two terms in office as President?
a. George Washington
b. John Adams
c. Thomas Jefferson
d. Aaron Burr
2. Why did Teddy Roosevelt want William Howard Taft to win the Presidency?
a. TR wanted to be Taft’s Vice President.
b. TR believed Taft would finally allow monopolies to reunite again.
c. TR wanted Taft to sell Yellowstone National Park to private industries to pay off the national debt.
d. TR wanted Taft to continue his Progressive Policies.
3. Taft supported the Payne-Aldrich Tariff. This led many people to believe what about Taft?
a. He was unwilling to remove lands from the conservation list.
b. He was strongly continuing the policies of Teddy Roosevelt.
c. He was not going to take a strong stand against tariffs.
d. None of the above
4. Who started the Bull Moose Party?
a. Teddy Roosevelt
b. William Howard Taft
c. Woodrow Wilson
d. Richard A. Ballinger
5.
Who won the Election of 1912?
a. Woodrow Wilson
b. William Hoard Taft
c. William Jennings Bryan
d. Teddy Roosevelt.
Part B: Short Answer: Instructions: Answer the question below.
1. Why was the Bull Moose Party formed? How did it impact the Election of 1912?
In 1912, TR decided to run for President again and broke away from the precedent of George
Washington. He was upset and believed Taft had not continued the Progressive policies he had
fought so hard to achieve. Taft was the incumbent Republican. Thus, TR could not run for the
Republicans. Progressive Republicans formed a 3rd Party. TR said he was, “as fit as a bull
moose.” The Progressive Party was then dubbed the Bull Moose Party. This impacted the
Election of 1912 because, with the Republicans divided, Woodrow Wilson, the Democrat, easily
won the election.
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