Question

Compare and identify two distinctions (differences) between the Roosevelt and Taft administration.

Answer 1

Taft was in favor of lower tariffs while TR wanted higher tariffs. Roosevelt was in favor of a national income tax, but Taft did not like the idea. It was the rift between Roosevelt and Taft that led to a schism in the Republican Party. This led to the victory of the Democrat Wilson in the 1912 Presidential election.