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| 1 | William Howard Taftby keuka1212 | 3 terms | December 19, 2008 |
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| william howard taft definitions | |||
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| # | Definition | Sets | |
| 1 | 27th president of the u.s.; he angered progressives by moving cautiously toward reforms and by supporting the payne-aldrich tariff; he lost roosevelt's support and was defeated for a second term. | 15 sets | |
| 2 | 27th president of the united states and later chief justice of the united states supreme court (1857-1930) | 15 sets | |
| 3 | 0 | 8 sets | |
| 4 | (1908-1912), was endorsed by roosevelt because he pledged to carry on progressive program, then he didn't appoint any progressives to the cabinet, actively pursued anti-trust law suits, appoints richard ballinger as secretary of the interior, ballinger opposed conservation and favored business interests, taft fires gifford pinchot (head of u.s. forestry), ran for re-election in 1912 but lost to wilson | 5 sets | |
| 5 | 27th president | 4 sets | |
| 6 | 1909-1913 | 4 sets | |
| 7 | backed by tr, president in 1908, broke trust, but raised tariffs, changed some conservation policies | 3 sets | |
| 8 | successor of roosevelt; different views than teddy; part of political corruption; passed sixteenth amendment | 3 sets | |
| 9 | president known for his "dollar diplomacy" | 3 sets | |
| 10 | supreme court justice, trustbuster. | 2 sets | |
| 11 | #27 | 2 sets | |
| 12 | president from 1909 to 1913, successor to roosevelt | 2 sets | |
| 13 | 27th president of the us, 1909- 1913; continued progressive reforms of president theodore roosevelt; promoted "dollar diplomacy" to expand foreign investments | 2 sets | |
| 14 | 27th | 2 sets | |
| 15 | roosevelt's successor as president (1909-1913) who tried but failed to mediate between reformers and conservatives in the republican party. | 2 sets | |
| 16 | 27th president; supreme court chief justice | 2 sets | |
| 17 | successor to roosevelt but didn't share the same views and was scared of power. | 2 sets | |
| 18 | a | 2 sets | |
| 19 | 27th president (1908-1912), he was the only man to serve as both president of the u.s. and chief justice of the supreme court. overweight, he was the only president to get stuck in the white house bathtub. roosevelt supported he in 1908, but later ran against him. | 2 sets | |
| 20 | 27. 1909-1913 (1 term) | 2 sets | |
| 21 | born 1857, appointed the 10th chief justice in 1921 by pres. harding, from connecticut, only man to serve as both president and chief justice, republican, u.s. solicitor general, interest more with law and justice than politics, but ambitious wife urged him to pursue elected office, after being president of the philippine commission, became sec. of war, pinned by theodore roosevelt to follow him into the presidency, known for effective administrative skills, instigator behind the construction of the supreme court building, retired in 1930 | 2 sets | |
| 22 | followed theodore roosevelt as president. | 2 sets | |
| 23 | president following roosevelt, did not carry on roosevelt’s progressive work | 2 sets | |
| 24 | exercised dollar diplomacy. he was unsuccessful in busting trusts like his predecessor. for the baseball fans, he was a second baseman who could hit with power, but a poor base runner. | 1 set | |
| 25 | 1909-1913; payne-aldrich tariff; ballinger-pinochet quarrel; dollar diplomacy | 1 set | |
| 26 | succeeded in calming hostility toward the u.s. occupation of the phillipines by effectively bringing filipinos into an interim government | 1 set | |
| 27 | president following roosevelt, did not carry on roosevelt's progressive work: republician | 1 set | |
| 28 | a mild progressive who urged people to invest abroad. known as the trust buster. created the dollar diplomacy policy. split the republican party. | 1 set | |
| 29 | tr's successor; republican elected in 1908; progressive but accused of joining the conservative wing of the party | 1 set | |
| 30 | 1909-1913, 27th president | 1 set | |
| 31 | roosevelt's successor as president (1909-19013) who tried but failed to mediate between reformers and conservatives in the republican party. 27th president of the united states and the 10th chief justice of the united states. in 1904, president theodore roosevelt, then a political ally of taft, appointed taft secretary of war in order to groom taft as his successor to the presidency. | 1 set | |
| 32 | 1910 president, not a good progressive president | 1 set | |
| 33 | problems w/ congress b/c of tr's aggressive policies; uncomfortable being in the limelight; appointed chief justice by harding | 1 set | |
| 34 | future pres. of us, became gov. of philippines, large ambitions for helping the islands recover from the rebellions. censored the press and placed dissidents in jail to maintain order/ win support of philippine people. extended limited self-rule/ ordered the construction of schools, roads. & bridges | 1 set | |
| 35 | president who succeeded roosevelt | 1 set | |
| 36 | successor of roosevelt that used the philosophy "dollar diplomacy" | 1 set | |
| 37 | had very little faith in government's ability to impose reform | 1 set | |
| 38 | 27th president whose single term was beset by problems with tariffs, conservation, and republican party split | 1 set | |
| 39 | won the 1908 presidential election, and the republican party under him divided up. | 1 set | |
| 40 | president who said america should substitute dollars for bullets | 1 set | |