THE PROGRESSIVE ERA 1900 1917
THE MUCKRAKERS OF THE PROGRESSIVE ERA
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Question
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Roosevelt runs as a third party and wins
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Roosevelt runs as a third party which divides Republicans and helps to elect Woodrow Wilson, a Democrat.
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Taft runs as a Republican and wins
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none of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Wilson took advantage of the Republican split, winning 40 states and a large majority of the electoral vote with just 41.8% of the popular vote, the lowest support for any President after 1860.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Progressive Party was a third party in the United States formed in 1912 by former president Theodore Roosevelt after he lost the presidential nomination of the Republican Party to his former protégé rival, incumbent president William Howard Taft.
Detailed explanation-3: -Roosevelt, displeased with his former protégé’s approach, ran for president in 1912 to unseat Taft and, when he couldn’t build significant support among Republicans, formed the Progressive, or Bull Moose, Party. The split resulted in the election of the Democratic contender, Woodrow Wilson.