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False
True or False: Taft was the 28th president of the U.S.
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The Seventeenth Amendment provided for the direct popular election of U.S. Senators
What did the Seventeenth Amendment do?
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False
True or False: Taft and Roosevelt didn't clash during the 1912 election
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Yale University law school
Where and what did he teach after Presidency?
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False
True or False: Taft always wanted to be president.
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The Sixteenth Amendment enacted a federal income tax and the Seventeenth Amendment provided for the direct popular election of U.S. Senators
What did the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Amendment do?
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Increased railroad regulation and furthered the trust busting agenda
What was the Mann-Elkins act?
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Heart disease
How did Taft die?
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Yale
What University did Taft attend?
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Lowered tariff rates but added a tax on goods coming in to the U.S.
What did the Payne Aldrich Act do?
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True
True or False: Taft administration filed suit in federal court against the U.S steel company
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True
True or False : Roosevelt was Taft's successor?
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He was Chief Justice
What was Taft's role in the judicial branch?
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Prohibits contracts, combinations, or conspiracies in the restraint of trade or commerce
What was the Sherman Antitrust Act?
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he developed a close relationship with the political enemy conservative dictator and speaker of the house Joseph G. Cannon
Why did Taft switch from progressive to conservative
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The first to be broadcast on radio
What is significant about his funeral?
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The Philippines
What country did Taft govern in 1901?
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House of Representatives
What part of Congress did the Publicity Act affect?
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Booker T. Washington
Which African American leader did Taft meet with to discuss future plans and civil rights?
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False
True or False: Taft and Roosevelt are the only Presidents buried at Arlington?
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