In What Way Was William Howard Taft a Progressive President

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Multiple Choice

In what way was William Howard Taft a Progressive president?

• A) He pushed for women's suffrage.
• B) He initiated the trust-busting of Standard Oil.
• C) His secretary of interior added more land under federal protection.
• D) He opposed the Sixteenth Amendment.
• E) He asked Congress to create the Federal Trade Commission.

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