On Saturday‚ March 4‚ 1905‚ with patches of snow still remaining on the ground from the day before‚ Theodore Roosevelt gave a speech informing the people of the United States his intention as he was declared “Leader of the Free World.” Roosevelt was elected into office during a time while the economy was at a peak‚ expanding worldwide. His main points are to talk about his personal opinion on our power as a nation and things foreign and domestic. One approach he takes is the one he takes to the mood
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regulations on trading‚ progressive reformers reshaped the way the economy ran. In a political cartoon by the Washington Post in 1907‚ President Roosevelt is on a dead raccoon with the words “bad trust” shaved into it. The political cartoon does over exaggerate the effectiveness of Roosevelt’s policies regarding trusts‚ but it does represent the way Roosevelt started the new regulation policies. In his second presidency‚ he started the “square deal.” This deal first passed Hepburn Railroad Regulation
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The rapid industrialization and growth of a world economy in the gilded age started a reform movement that hoped to solve many problems in the era‚ the Progressive movement. The Progressive era took place in the United States from around 1900 to 1917. The Progressive movement began out of the belief that people should help each other as much as possible. The Progressives started with volunteerism‚ mainly by wealthy‚ white women working in inner cities grew into state organizations. The movement
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The Progressive Reform Movement ! The modern America that society enjoys today pays homage to the reforms of the progressive era. Numerous positive changes occurred during this time through the efforts of progressive reformers‚ however‚ the most important social‚ economic‚ and political reforms were as followed: finalizing the right’s of women to vote‚ improvement in products‚ and the governments new way of regulating growing businesses and outlooks on government. Among those who benefited from
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Historian Mark Sullivan states that Roosevelt played a central role in the passage of the act but the act was strengthened by the muckrakers and Wiley. In contrast to Sullivan’s views‚ Historians C.C. Regier and Louis Filler view Roosevelt as having more of an insignificant job regarding the act’s passage (9‚ 75-76). Filler states that it was purely a chance that Roosevelt was president during the time of the passage. Filler focuses on the muckraker journalists
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Johnson‚ California Governor (1911-1917) and U.S. Senator (1917-1945)‚ promised to return the government to the people free of corruption and corporate influence. The focus became to give honest public service. From 1901 to 1909‚ President Theodore Roosevelt steered away from the persistent passivity of his predecessors and promised the American people a Square Deal‚ emphasizing that the average citizen would get a fair share under his policies. He demonstrated his willingness to challenge large
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The Progressive Era was one of the most important years in United States History because of the amount of reforms passed. Muckrakers exposed the corruption and the conditions consumer goods were produced‚ also since the working Working Class and the Rich Class were drifting away in the standard of living‚ it was clearly noticeable that the slums were an ugly place. The Progressive Era changed how we live today‚ the reforms passed during that era has made public health better and also how much we
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was clearly on the side of the Republican Party and that rural and agricultural interests were in the Democrats’ camp. The Republicans came under the sway of the "insurgent‚" or progressive‚ wing‚ led by a new generation of reformers‚ such as Theodore Roosevelt and Robert La Follette. A moderate in 1901-1904‚ Rovelt
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Forestry in 1898 and under President Theodore Roosevelt was named Chief Forester of the redefined U.S. Forest Service. National forest management was guided by Pinchot’s principle‚ "the greatest good of the greatest number in the long run." His magnetic personal leadership inspired and ignited the new organization. During his government service‚ the number of national forests increased from 32 in 1898 to 149 in 1910 for a total of 193 million acres. Pinchot and Roosevelt together made conservation public
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vote‚ which threw of the ratio of voters and non-voters. In addition‚ all four candidates running for the title of President‚ Debs‚ Roosevelt‚ Wilson‚ and Taft‚ were all progressives‚ and wanted to reduce the number of trusts. This gave all voters‚ men or women‚ no incentive to vote. In the end of the election‚ Woodrow Wilson won‚ with 435 electoral votes‚ while Roosevelt had 88‚ and Taft received a mere eight. During Wilson’s presidency‚ some women spoke out saying that Wilson was "oppressing" them
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