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Taft's Progressives
What events led to the formation of the Progressive Party and what progressive reforms were enacted during the Taft Presidency and what events led to the election of Woodrow Wilson in the 1912 election?

During Taft’s administration, he enacted on many progressive reforms, the progressive party was formed, and Woodrow Wilson was elected in 1912. While being president, Taft was very active in passing progressive reforms. Some of Taft’s greatest accomplishments can be found in his work on antitrust laws. For example, even though Taft was more conservative than Roosevelt, he filed twice as many anti trust suits. Among these is the breakup of Standard Oil for being a monopoly and systematically raising prices. Additionally, Taft passed the sixteenth

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