Teddy Roosevelt decided to run for the presidency in 1912 because
a. William Howard Taft had seemed to discard Roosevelt's progressive policies.
b. Taft decided not to run for a second term.
c. Teddy Roosevelt had developed a personal animus against William Howard Taft.
d. Senator Robert La Follette encouraged him to do so.
e. the Democratic party was split.
Question 2
The NSC-68 document reflected the American belief
a. in the limitless capabilities of the American economy and society to support a giant rearmament program to expand the American military.
b. that we needed help to fight the spread of communism.
c. that huge sacrifices would be needed by Americans to fight the Cold War.
d. in the futility of containment.
e. None of these choices are correct.
William Herschel, discoverer of Uranus
Historian James Merrell notes several errors in Benjamin West’s famous 1771 painting, William Penn’s
The Election of 1912: Divided Republicans, Democratic Victory
William Kentridge, History of the Main Complaint.
Attributed to Thomas Dennis or William Searle, Chest, made in Ipswich, Massachusetts.
John Muir (right) with President Roosevelt at Yosemite National Park