going to war. I understand he wanted to avoid war at all costs‚ but I feel that in times of crisis‚ a leader must be willing to take drastic decisions for the greater good. I have always been aware of people’s admiration towards Theodore Roosevelt‚ and watching the Theodore Roosevelt’s Stock Footage made me understand these feelings in a deeper manner. I really admire
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something had to be done. The progressive movement in Kansas started with a few G.O.P politicians expressing concerns with the conservation of the party. As a result they promoted many reforms‚ these progressive Republicans supported President Theodore Roosevelt‚ who became the icon of this movement. At movement such as this wasn’t new to the United States‚ a similar movement occurred a few years before the Civil War‚ where reforms were addressed in regards to working conditions‚ and other things such
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class‚ Eleanor Roosevelt remarked‚ “In that society you were kind of poor‚ you didn’t philanthropic duties‚ you assisted the hospitals and did something for the needy.” The progressive era is unique in that this impulse spread to foster an all-encompassing mood and effect for reform. From farmers to politicians‚ the need for change and for direct responsibility for the country’s ills became paramount and spread from social service to journalism. During his presidency Theodore Roosevelt commented on
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Wilson was elected in 1912. While being president‚ Taft was very active in passing progressive reforms. Some of Taft’s greatest accomplishments can be found in his work on antitrust laws. For example‚ even though Taft was more conservative than Roosevelt‚ he filed twice as many anti trust suits. Among these is the breakup of Standard Oil for being a monopoly and systematically raising prices. Additionally‚ Taft passed the sixteenth
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Questions for Imperialism Tuesday‚ Jan. 29 Wednesday‚ Jan. 30 SPAM and Effects Spanish American War GO Annexation Debate Pageant 640-651 HW: Imperialism Chart and DBQ from Pageant pg. A121 Thursday‚ Jan. 31 Friday‚ Feb. 1 The Open Door and Roosevelt Imperialism Cartoons Policies of Imperial Presidents Pageant 685-693 AMSCO: Chapter 21 WWI HW: Summary “He Kept Us out of War?” Great West Storybook Due Monday‚ Feb. 4 Tuesday‚ Feb. 5 Wilson Foreign Policy MindSparks Reading Wilson and the War
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Americans knew they needed this to move ships from east to west quickly; the US for the first time was going to be able to gain control of both oceans. Theodore Roosevelt became the nation’s youngest president. Roosevelt assumed the office with the same vigor with which he charged up Kettle Hill. A long believer in Captain Mahan’s theory of sea power‚ Roosevelt began to revitalize the navy. Now that America’s empire stretched from the Caribbean across the Pacific‚ the old idea of a canal between the two
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they created‚ including the Founding Fathers who started it all. Additionally‚ Hofstadter informs the reader of other significant government officials including Andrew Jackson and his democracy‚ the progressive‚ trustbuster Theodore Roosevelt‚ and ending with Franklin D. Roosevelt and his programs of the New Deal. Richard Hofstadter’s ideas are brilliantly elucidated with his stunning choice of words and information. He begins the background with none other than the original American politicians - the
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1. The origin of progressivism was the Greenback Labor Party of the 1870’s and the Populist Pary of the 1890’s. Progressive reformers included militarists such as Theodore Roosevelt‚ who thrilled to the stenuous life‚ as well as pacifists such as Jane Addams‚ whose loftiest goals included the abolition of war. The two chief goals of progressivism are to use the state to curb monopoly power and to improve the common person’s conditions of life and labor. Overall‚ the goals of progressives were continuing
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major role in the Progressive Era. Theodore Roosevelt believed that it was the president’s job to intervene in the nation’s business industry. Often big businesses overpowered smaller businesses and didn’t allow for fair competition. Throughout his presidency‚ Roosevelt was known for his trust busting. He believed that good and bad trusts existed. Roosevelt wanted to standardize business by getting rid of bad trusts and regulating good trusts. Roosevelt revived the Sherman- Antitrust Law‚ which
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two American presidents: Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. On the one hand‚ Roosevelt believed America?s national interest and a global balance of power demanded an international role of America. On the other hand‚ Wilson justified an international role as an obligation to spread America?s values. Roosevelt was the first president to really go global‚ ironically by invoking the Monroe Doctrine: the same doctrine that asserted America?s isolationist stance. Roosevelt?s position of might and self
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