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Which president's foreign policy caused a split between him and La Follette?
Woodrow Wilson
William Howard Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
George Washington
Answer
Woodrow Wilson's foreign policy caused a split between him and La Follette because La Follette was a strong isolationist and Wilson was a strong internationalist. Wilson believed that the United States should play a leading role in world affairs, while La Follette believed that the United States should stay out of foreign entanglements.
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