President Taft Stirred the Anger of Many Progressives When He

President Taft stirred the anger of many progressives when he

A) signed the reactionary Payne-Aldrich Tariff Bill.
B) politically began to align himself with the Republican Old Guard in advance of the 1910 congressional elections.
C) fired forest conservationist Gifford Pinchot from his administration.
D) proved less aggressive at trust busting than Theodore Roosevelt.
E) aligned himself with Republican senatorial reactionaries.