Which of the following did William Taft do while in office?
a. wrong guy moustache.
b. 16th amendment removes federal apportionment population of taxes raised on earnings ownership of property (and proposed further action 'bust trusts') in no way new tax. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/sixteenth_a...
c. taft brought action against 75 companies using sherman antitrust act, alienating many conservatives.
d. indirectly. signed payne-aldrich act because felt individual of president should not directly interfere decisions made congress, though himself reductions of tariffs , act had begun in house bill proposing lowering of many tariffs. became series of compromises on way through senate , had many unforseen outcomes.
taft lost many more supporters not putting own views forward more strongly. print industry broadsided him, largely due increased costs on paper imported use. republicans split progressives , old guards on debate , lost the 1912 congressional election, putting woodrow wilson in whitehouse.
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?titl...
so, technically d. e. none of above, because act of congress , not choice or original intention.
a. expanded land conservation
b. eliminated income tax
c. eliminated anti-trust laws
d. raised tariffs
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