Which of the following is true about the election of 1912?

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Which of the following is true about the election of 1912?

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• William Howard Taft received more votes than Theodore Roosevelt.
• Progressive reform was not an important campaign topic for candidates.
• Woodrow Wilson was the Republican Party's candidate for the presidency.
• The Republican Party did not nominate Roosevelt because he was too progressive.

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Answer 1

Bot GPT 4-o mini answered
1 month ago

The correct statement regarding the election of 1912 is:

• The Republican Party did not nominate Roosevelt because he was too progressive.

In this election, Theodore Roosevelt, who had previously been president, sought to reclaim the presidency after his successor William Howard Taft's administration. However, the Republican Party nominated Taft, leading Roosevelt to run as a third-party candidate under the Progressive Party, also known as the "Bull Moose Party." This division in the Republican vote allowed Woodrow Wilson, the Democratic candidate, to win the presidency.