As president, William Howard Taft
a. was a good judge of public opinion.
b. held together the diverse wings of the Republican party.
c. was wedded more to the status quo than to progressive change.
d. adopted a confrontational attitude toward Congress.
e. carried on the legacy of Theodore Roosevelt.
Question 2
Jiang Jieshi and the Nationalist government lost the Chinese civil war to the communists and Mao Ze-dong mainly because
a. Jiang lost the political support and confidence of the Chinese people due to ineptitude and corruption.
b. the United States failed to give Jiang enough aid.
c. Mao received much assistance from the Soviet Union.
d. communists within the Truman administration undermined Jiang's efforts.
e. the communists were closer to traditional Chinese culture.
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