Franklin Roosevelt was born on January 30‚ 1882‚ in Hyde Park‚ New York. He grew up in a very wealthy family‚ making their living on real estate and trade. Until the age of 14 Roosevelt received a very good education by tutors and governess. In 1896 Franklin attended Groton School for boys‚ but he did not fit in there. Most the boys that went to the same school as Franklin strived in athletics‚ but Roosevelt did not. After graduating in 1900 Roosevelt then decided to attend school at Harvard. He
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“Was this a decisive turning point to Roosevelt’s presidency?” Roosevelt Killed Two Birds With One Stone Mine workers started a coal strike in eastern Pennsylvania‚ complaining about the work conditions and low wages; this demonstrated their desire of change. President Roosevelt intervened with this issue and made the end to the Coal strike by awarding the miners a pay increase of ten percent and fixed some of the coal weighing abuses. This event was a turning point to Roosevelt’s popularity;
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Before 1890‚ The United States had few clear consistence’s of foreign policies‚ but in 1905‚ the Philippines‚ Guan‚ Hawaii‚ Puerto Rico there were dramatic changes in Americas roll in foreign affairs. Theodor Roosevelt entered the presidency with definite ideas of the place of United States in the world. He and McKinley expanded America’s role in world affairs. He would divide the nations of worthy to protect or not protect by categorizing them civilized or barbarians. Cuba was the United States
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Progressivism & the Battle for National Reform: Progressivism was a reform movement so varied and comprehensive that it almost defies definition. The movement had many causes‚ most notably the Depression of the 1890s and the Populist movement. In fact‚ a Kansas editor referred to Progressivism as "populism that had shaved its whiskers‚ washed its shirt‚ put on a derby‚ and moved up into the middle class." The Progressive Era‚ the years 1895-1920‚ was an idealistic period‚ one that focused
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ROOSEVELT PROGRESSIVISM AT ITS HEIGHT election of 1904‚ the popular Roosevelt soundly drubbed his Democratic opponent Alton B PArker of NY and the Socialist party candidate‚ Eugene V Debs of Indiana REGULATING THE RAILROADS Roosevelt‚ late 1904‚ laid out a reform program that included railroad regulation‚ employers liability for federal employees‚ greater federal control over corporations‚ and laws regulating child labor‚ factory inspections‚ and slum clearance in the District of Columbia
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I. William McKinley (1/29/1843 - 9/14/1901) II. Two Terms: 1897 – 1901 III. Garret Hobart (1897 - 1899); Theodore Roosevelt (1901) IV. Republican Party V. Major Events * William McKinley becomes President (1897) – Political a. McKinley ran against Democrat‚ William Jennings Bryan. McKinley received majority popular and electoral votes. b. William McKinley became the 25th President of the United States. * Dingley Tariff (1897) – Domestic
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present crisis” Josiah Strong (protestant minister): Anglo saxon race destined to spread Christianity and demo. Instit. Worldwide‚ had duty to “protect little brown bros in pacific” Jingoists: politicians wanted to expant beyong USA (most famous: T Roosevelt) Expansionism in Pacific Midway Island: first place annexed outside the US with a naval base Hawaii: Reciprocity Treaty 1875: Hawaii ships sugar to US “duty free” (no tariff/tax) and cant give territory to anyone else (Americans moved here
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With the status of the country’s belligerency heavily in question‚ an apprehensive President Woodrow Wilson prepared to request from an unmotivated and unprepared country a declaration of war against Germany. After exerting every attempt possible to retain the peace and honor of the United States‚ the President was finally forced to choose between the two‚ in which he opted for the latter (Seymour 26). As he sat down to compose his congressional address proposing war‚ the uncertainty of his decision
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over Cuba‚ but got reports that the Spanish were abusing Cuban natives so they tried to make them stop by taking over Cuba Pulitzer & Hearst encourage Americans to go into the war Spanish minister sends the De Lome Letter offending McKinley Roosevelt wants a war with Spain (assistant secretary) He resigns his post as soon as he does it & creates a privately
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Synthesis of “My Papa’s Waltz” “My Papa’s Waltz” is a poem written by Theodore Roethke. In which it is written about a father and son who are dancing together before bedtime. The story can be interpreted as having two sides behind it. One being a more joyful scenario which is the interaction between a father who is playing with his child and encounters a few rough moments such as when Roethke said “My right ear scraped a buckle” which shows how the boy is short and standing up he is only up to
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