1. The Heated Presidential Election of 1912
... William Howard Taft, also trying to continue into his second term. In the last corner of this competition triangle is Woodrow Wilson. Theodore Roosevelt became the youngest president when President William McKinley was assassinated, and Roosevelt (McKinley's Vice President) took over. Eric Foner describes Roosevelt as an "impetuous, energetic individual with a penchant for what he called the "strenuous life" of manly ... balance out society in ways he thought were irregular. He focused on tariff reform, allowing the Underwood-Simmons Act. This act would lower tariffs which made impressive...
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