The issue that provoked an open break between Taft and Roosevelt was:
A) Taft's support for lower tariffs
B) Taft's reduction in the size of the navy
C) Taft's anti-trust suit against United States Steel
D) Taft's support for the federal income tax
E) Taft's firing of Pinchot

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Taft's firing of Pinchot, who was a close ally of Roosevelt and a prominent conservationist, led to a major rift between the two. Roosevelt publicly criticized Taft's decision, causing a split in the Republican Party and leading Roosevelt to form his own progressive party in the election of 1912.

The Issue That Provoked an Open Break Between Taft and Roosevelt