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what role did the bull moose party have in the 1912 election? helped pass the 19th amendment, supported william taft for president, split the progressive vote and allowed woodrow wilson to win, supported immigration reforms
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Correct answer: it split the Republican/Progressive vote and allowed Woodrow Wilson to win.
Brief explanation: The Bull Moose (Progressive) Party was formed by Theodore Roosevelt after he lost the 1912 Republican nomination to William Taft. Roosevelt’s third-party run siphoned off a large share of Republican voters (Roosevelt ~27% and Taft ~23% of the popular vote), enabling Democrat Woodrow Wilson to win a plurality (about 42%) and a landslide in the Electoral College. The party did not support Taft, nor did it directly cause passage of the 19th Amendment (ratified in 1920), though many Progressives backed women’s suffrage.
Brief explanation: The Bull Moose (Progressive) Party was formed by Theodore Roosevelt after he lost the 1912 Republican nomination to William Taft. Roosevelt’s third-party run siphoned off a large share of Republican voters (Roosevelt ~27% and Taft ~23% of the popular vote), enabling Democrat Woodrow Wilson to win a plurality (about 42%) and a landslide in the Electoral College. The party did not support Taft, nor did it directly cause passage of the 19th Amendment (ratified in 1920), though many Progressives backed women’s suffrage.
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