Political Developments: The Republican Disaster

Question 1

What was one of the reasons the Democrats were able to have a rise in popularity at the start of the 1910s?

Answer 1

President Taft was alienating Progressive Republicans by taking a more Conservative approach

Question 2

Which election showed definite cracks in the Republican Party?

Answer 2

The 1910 mid-term election

Question 3

How often do mid-term elections occur? What is the purpose of them?

Answer 3

Once ever 2 years, to elect 1/3 of the Senate and The House of Representatives

Question 4

What were the Democrats able to do in the 1910 mid-term election?

Answer 4

They were able to take up a large part of The Senate and The House of Representatives

Question 5

What did the Republicans call the events of the 1910 mid-term election?

Answer 5

The Republican Disaster

Question 6

What did the Republican Disaster influence for an ex-Republican?

Answer 6

It influenced Theodore Roosevelt to try and ‘save’ the Republican Party