Roosevelt stated that the people of America should be guaranteed a "Square Deal." As part of his Square Deal Policy, Roosevelt used his presidential position to intervene in labor and business disputes. ...

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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...

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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. ...

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