William McKinley I. William McKinley was born on January 29‚ 1843 in Niles‚ Ohio. He died on September 14‚ 1901 in Buffalo New York. McKinley was the third president to be assassinated. II. McKinley ran for the Presidency from Ohio. III. McKinley had a relatively easy and normal childhood. He was the seventh child of eight. His parents were loving people who instilled in McKinley the importance of hard-work‚ religion‚ and education. McKinley worked very hard in school as a youth and then attended
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Triangle Shirtwaist Company E. Racism and Reform 1. Birth of a Nation 2. Booker T. Washington v. W.E.B. Du Bois‚ The Niagara Movement 3. The NAACP‚ 1909 VI. Progressivism and National Politics A. The Making of a Progressive President 1. Theodore Roosevelt a. Conservation b. Expansion of the power of the president 2. Regulating the Marketplace a. Sherman Anti-trust Act‚ 1890 b. Interstate Commerce
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As a young kid‚ Roosevelt suffered from asthma‚ yet he was determined to live an active life. From marksmanship‚ horseback riding‚ tennis‚ to boxing and hunting. Roosevelt also obtained heroic exploits with the ruff riders during the Spanish American War; Teddy Roosevelt had proven that he was the popular leader. Teddy was the model of the 20th century president as he was very engaged in both domestic and foreign policy and set the political agenda for the whole country. Roosevelt outlined many progressive
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The outcome of this war left the US with much more land in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Theodore Roosevelt‚ the American president at the time‚ realized the importance of acquiring Panama‚ so he made the executive decision to buy the Canal Zone from France. The US then gained access to the land by assisting Panama in their fight for independence
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The late 1800’s to the early 1900’s is known as America’s Progressive Era. During this time‚ big businesses were giving Americans more opportunities than ever before. However‚ within the big businesses people were mistreated and overlooked. This led to many groups trying to solve the problems caused by big industries. These groups sought out the problems such as lengthy work days‚ lack of disability‚ no paid holidays‚ no safety codes‚ and pay cuts. America had a philosophy that allows businesses
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twentieth century. Theodore Roosevelt summed up the Progressive/Reform feeling in his "Square Deal" speech - that it was all about morals‚ not economics. His goal was the "moral regeneration of the business world." He preached that it was wrong for some people to get ahead in business and politics by tricks and schemes‚ while others were cheated out of the opportunity. This was the kind of talk that millions of Americans from all areas of society could understand and respond to. Roosevelt simply acted
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African American History‚ 1877-1919 National | Year | African American | James Garfield inaugurated as President‚ assassinated later in the year; Chester Arthur becomes President | 1881 | Tennessee introduces racial segregation on the railways‚ opening a pattern of legalised discrimination in public facilities that will spread through the Southern states. | | | July The black activist Booker T. Washington (18561915) opens the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama to provide agricultural and industrial
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the Democrats nominated Wilson on the 46th ballot * The Democratic ticket would run under a platform called “New Freedom‚” which would include many progressive reforms. At the Progressive convention‚ Jane Addams put Theodore Roosevelt’s name on the nomination * TR became the nomination for the progressive when entering into the campaign‚ TR mentioned that he felt “ strong as a bull moose‚” making moose the unofficial Progressive symbol. Republican
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within the nations legislations. During the Progressive Era‚ President Theodore Roosevelt adapted in 1904 what was known as the Square Deal program. This was the main program that outlined business relationships between the corporate leaders and the industrial workers and that fairness and equality would preside over the connection. However‚ in order to prevent a communistic society and maintain competition in the economy‚ Roosevelt did not eliminate all trusts. He declared that there were some good
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further means of direct democracy would be established. Beyond that‚ they also sought regulation of monopolies and corporations through anti trust laws. The New Progressivism was associated with the following presidents; Theodore Roosevelt. William Howard Taft and Woodrow Wilson. Roosevelt and Taft are best known for invoking antitrust legislation to break up large corporations that had
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