Chapter 214. Reflections on Woodrow Wilson and Progressivism at High Tide, Chapter 21

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Correct. The answer is a. The author’s main point in this section of the chapter is that, as a Democrat and self-proclaimed progressive, Woodrow Wilson built upon Theodore Roosevelt’s expansion of presidential power and used the office to enact critical pieces of the Progressive Party’s reform agenda.

Incorrect. The answer is a. The author’s main point in this section of the chapter is that, as a Democrat and self-proclaimed progressive, Woodrow Wilson built upon Theodore Roosevelt’s expansion of presidential power and used the office to enact critical pieces of the Progressive Party’s reform agenda.

Correct. The answer is d. The author describes Wilson’s support for the creation of the Federal Trade Commission—a regulatory agency that had investigatory power and the authority to prosecute corporations for unfair trade practices and enforce its judgments through cease and desist orders—as proof that Wilson built upon the progressive legacy established by Theodore Roosevelt.

Incorrect. The answer is d. The author describes Wilson’s support for the creation of the Federal Trade Commission—a regulatory agency that had investigatory power and the authority to prosecute corporations for unfair trade practices and enforce its judgments through cease and desist orders—as proof that Wilson built upon the progressive legacy established by Theodore Roosevelt.

Correct. The answer is c. To support her claim that Wilson’s progressive Democratic agenda differed in some ways from Roosevelt’s progressive Republican agenda, the author cites Wilson’s support for the Underwood tariff, which lowered rates by 15 percent and fulfilled a crucial part of the Democratic Party’s platform.

Incorrect. The answer is c. To support her claim that Wilson’s progressive Democratic agenda differed in some ways from Roosevelt’s progressive Republican agenda, the author cites Wilson’s support for the Underwood tariff, which lowered rates by 15 percent and fulfilled a crucial part of the Democratic Party’s platform.

Correct. The answer is a. The author argues that Republican voters split between the Progressive Party candidate Roosevelt and the incumbent William Howard Taft. That split allowed the Democrat Wilson to win the election with only 42 percent of the popular vote.

Incorrect. The answer is a. The author argues that Republican voters split between the Progressive Party candidate Roosevelt and the incumbent William Howard Taft. That split allowed the Democrat Wilson to win the election with only 42 percent of the popular vote.

Correct. The answer is b. The author argues that the Republican Party’s gains in the midterm election of 1914 convinced Wilson that he needed to build support among former Progressive Party supporters in the West and Midwest, leading him to cultivate support among union labor, farmers, and social reformers that he had previously ignored. In order to woo these groups, he threw his support behind the issues that had made up the Progressive Party platform in 1912.

Incorrect. The answer is b. The author argues that the Republican Party’s gains in the midterm election of 1914 convinced Wilson that he needed to build support among former Progressive Party supporters in the West and Midwest, leading him to cultivate support among union labor, farmers, and social reformers that he had previously ignored. In order to woo these groups, he threw his support behind the issues that had made up the Progressive Party platform in 1912.

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