following to Secretary of State John Hay’s view that the Spanish American War was “a splendid little war”; William Jennings Bryan‚ Theodore Roosevelt‚ Alfred Thayer Mahan‚ Emilio Aguinaldo When Secretary of State John Hay stated that the Spanish American War was a “splendid little war”‚ he received mixed responses from people such as William Jennings Bryan‚ Theodore Roosevelt‚ Alfred Thayer Mahan‚ and Emilio Aguinaldo. Some people of the Philippines‚ especially the nationalist leader Emilio Aguinaldo
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later become a big issue during the election of 1896. The Progressives were formed in the late 19th century. They were groups of reformers‚ many of them well educated‚ that worked to improve the social and political problems at that time. Theodore Roosevelt and Jane Addams were the main leaders in the movement which hoped to achieve the practical equality among the citizens. The Progressives sought to regulate child labor‚ support women’s rights‚ and protect the public against corrupt business
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In the election of 1912‚ candidates Woodrow Wilson‚ Theodore Roosevelt‚ William Taft and Eugene Debs competed for the spot as President of the United States. Wilson represented the Democratic Party‚ Roosevelt‚ the Progressive‚ Taft‚ the Republican and Debs‚ the Socialist. Although there were four candidates in the running‚ most would agree that the real competition was between Wilson and Roosevelt. A few of the many issues during the time of this election concerned trusts‚ women’s suffrage and tariffs
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alliances proved successful. • Recognize the intellectual underpinnings of progressivism. Explain how reformers put the theories of reform Darwinism‚ pragmatism‚ and social engineering into action at both the local and state levels. • Understand how Theodore Roosevelt put progressivism into action as president‚ including his attitude toward trusts and big business. Outline his efforts as a conservationist and as a diplomat. • Identify the efforts that Taft made to stall progressive reform‚ and why progressives
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Through the years of United States’ history‚ there have been numerous effective and ineffective leaders. One of these successful individuals is Franklin D. Roosevelt‚ the 32nd president of the United States. He was born on January 30‚ 1882 in Hyde Park‚ New York to a prominent family‚ making his education easily acquired and more prestigious than most. He was taught by private tutors until the age of nine‚ and is described as sociable‚ quick‚ and outgoing (Freidel 9). Eventually‚ he attended Harvard
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America was not only to spread across the continent but to others such as Japan and Russia. Many believed that this was America moral duty‚ one such believer is Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt was one that believed that American boarders or interest should be expanded through many means‚ including acts of war (Jaycox‚ 2005). “Theodore Roosevelt entered the White House with a public reputation as a reformer. He had gained it as a civil service commissioner‚ police commissioner‚ and reform governor of the
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Steffens. Presidential leadership was first put into practice by Teddy Roosevelt who with William Taft‚ and Woodrow Wilson who fought for business and labor reform. Urban and social reform was a major focus of the Progressives‚ including women ’s suffrage‚ and the conservation of natural beauties such as Yosemite. Teddy Roosevelt‚ William Taft and Woodrow Wilson are credited with having immense Presidential leadership. Roosevelt saw much danger to competition and the welfare of the American people
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II. Economic Control Roosevelt controlled the trusts. Doc A Trust-busting policed corporations Clayton Antitrust Act (Doc E) III. Better conditions Neill-Reynolds Report (Doc B) ignorant workers‚ horrible conditions Leads to Meat Inspection Act of 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act Jane Addams’ Hull House (Doc C) not enough education Lobbied with Frances Kelly--had considerable success Adamson Act of 1916 with Wilson IV. Limitations to Success Eligibility to voting went down (Doc J) Women
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S. naval power‚ and the establishment of trade/military posts in the Pacific‚ as a means to stimulate trade with China. This book placed a strong emphasis on the idea that a strong navy stimulated trade‚ and influenced policy makers such as Theodore Roosevelt and other key proponents of a large navy. Mahan pointed out the importance of sea power in becoming a world power and argued that the navy was the sole determining factor of national destinies‚ and that sea power was the decisive factor in war
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Progressivism That Compares and Contrast to Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt as well as to Wilson’s New Freedom and Roosevelt’s New Nationalism Woodrow Wilson is known as the “New Freedom” attempt to enact his own version of Progressivism with support in lowering the tariffs on imports‚ strengthening the nation’s banks‚ support in using antitrust to deal with big business‚ but did not include any social justice legislature. At the top of Wilson’s schema‚ he lowers tariff rates. The Underwood‐Simmons
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