1. Progressive Era
During the Progressive era, the administrative decisions of Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft, and Woodrow Wilson affected the course of the time period. The three presidents dealt with issues in distinctly different manners. The foreign policies enacted by these presidents were the basis of the...
Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson are both iconic American presidents. Their places in history are merely separated by the presidency of William Howard Taft, but they still share many of the ideals of the Progressive era. While they did have two different approaches to the presidency, Wilson had...
However, failure in the Missouri Pacific Railroad strike in 1886 and the Haymarket Square Riot of the same year quickly eroded the Knights' influence. ... Most of the social welfare measures advocated by progressives had to wait the New Deal years for passage. ...
Progressive Movement: Middle class influenced by Darwinian revolution, focusing on problems created by expanding industrial world. Realistic, ie took surveys and such. Henry George's Progress and Poverty and Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward set precedent. Believed world in flux, so rebel against f...
