Tariff reform was achieved through the passage of the Underwood Tariff Act of 1913, which lowered tariffs for the first time since the American Civil War, despite the protectionist lobby.
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President Theodore Roosevelt won support for his use of the “big stick” against big business b. Thousands of striking miners marched on Washington, starting a riot that lasted three days
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Roosevelt once bellowed that “the Constitution is more important than coal!” b. Taft had a problem with United States Steel acquiring Tennessee Coal and Iron.
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In the end, Congress adopted the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act, which lowered 650 tariffs, raised 220 tariffs, and left 1,150 tariffs untouched. The act was signed enthusiastically by Taft in 1909, who believed that the compromise would preserve party unity.
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The Act also provided for the reinstitution of a federal income tax as a means of compensating for anticipated lost revenue due to the reduction of tariff duties. The most recent effort to tax incomes (the Wilson-Gorman Tariff of 1894) had been declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court because the tax on dividends, interest, and rents was not a direct tax apportioned by population.
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Theodore Roosevelt initiated more anti-trust suits than any president in history.
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Wilson’s tariff reform was largely achieved through the passage of the Underwood Tariff Act of 1913. This act lowered tariffs for the first time since the American Civil War, despite the protectionist lobby. In April 1913, President Wilson summoned a special joint session of Congress in order to confront the perennial tariff question.
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Which of the following best describes the method used by most progressives to solve the problem of economic power and its abuses? Ref: Corporate regulation
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Bull Moose Party: The 1909 Progressive Party formed by former President Theodore Roosevelt after a split in the Republican Party between Roosevelt and President William Howard Taft. Payne-Aldrich Tariff: This act from 1909 began in the U.S. House of Representatives as a bill lowering certain tariffs on goods entering the United States.
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William H. Taft achieved the most significant tariff reduction of any progressive president.
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who achieved the most significant tariff reduction of any progressive president?
William H. Taft achieved the most significant tariff reduction of any progressive president.