Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson are both iconic American presidents. ... While they did have two different approaches to the presidency, Wilson had New Freedom and Roosevelt had New Nationalism, there are many similarities between the two, despite a few exceptions. Theodore Roosevelt always respected the Constitution and those who wrote it, but he also recognized that times had to change and that the American government had to adapt in order to stay relevant and effective. ... This is much like Roosevelt's extreme support for the breaking up of large, hurtful monopolies. ... Both W...

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The Warrior On October 27, 1858, in New York, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt gave birth to Theodore Roosevelt, her second child and first son. He was named after his father, Theodore Sr., and was sometimes called Thee or Teedie by his mother. ... Because of this, Theodore always admired his father and that he would protect him. ... Theodore made it home only hours after his father had died. ... Then, on September 14, 1901, William McKinley died of bullet wounds inflicted by an assassin; Theodore Roosevelt suddenly became the nation's 26th president. ...

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During the Progressive era, the administrative decisions of Theodore Roosevelt, William H. ... Theodore Roosevelt's foreign policy paved the way for expansionism in the United States. As McKinley's successor, Theodore Roosevelt firmly established his foreign policy through the motto "speak softly and carry a big stick." ... Roosevelt's policy toward industry was his "Square Deal" policy. ... Like Roosevelt, Taft continued the Progressive policies. ...

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The Warrior On October 27, 1858, in New York, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt gave birth to Theodore Roosevelt, her second child and first son. ... Because of this, Theodore always admired his father and that he would protect him. ... Theodore made it home only hours after his father had died. The loss of his father would have a profound effect on Theodore as seen later in his life. ... Then, on September 14, 1901, William McKinley died of bullet wounds inflicted by an assassin; Theodore Roosevelt suddenly became the nation's 26th president. ...

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The presidencies of Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson are two of the most prominent and famous of all time. ... Theodore Roosevelt had a reputation of being somewhat of a "wild man" when he became president after President William McKinley was assassinated. ... President Roosevelt was one of the nation's first environmentalists. ... He built much of his policy off of Roosevelt's but had a different view on many of his ideas. ... Roosevelt's ideas are more realistic than Wilson's. ...

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After the death of President William McKinley in 1901, Vice President Theodore Roosevelt was sworn into office. ... Roosevelt's presidency would be like none other before. ... Roosevelt stated that the people of America should be guaranteed a "Square Deal." ... This was demonstrated when Roosevelt mediated a strike at the Anthracite Coal Mine in 1902. ... Roosevelt's determination to see positive change was also adopted by the American people. ...

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Roosevelt. ... Roosevelt helped the American people regain faith in themselves. ... Patrick's Day, 1905, he married Eleanor Roosevelt. Following the example of his fifth cousin, President Theodore Roosevelt, whom he greatly admired, Franklin D. ... In 1928 Roosevelt became Governor of New York. ...

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Theodore Roosevelt's methods of acquiring the Panama Canal can bee labeled controversial, but not wrong. ... Roosevelt, a strong imperialistic republican took the canal as politically safe as he could, going to Britain, then France, followed with the Hay-Banau Varilla treaty. ... Roosevelts actions by helping with the Panama Revolution was imperialistic, but every major country would have done the same. 8 Woodrow Wilson was a terrific president economically and politically during his first four years for president. ... Although Roosevelt and many others wanted to go to war Wi...

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Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive Movement Progressivism was a period of American history in which improving working conditions, improving the way of life, exposing corruption, expanding democracy and making reforms were the issues of this period. ... Theodore Roosevelt was known as the "trust buster" and that is exactly what he did to help control big business. Roosevelt went in to these companies and helped to stop this type of monopoly. ... Roosevelt brought new meaning to government regulation. ... Roosevelt felt that many trusts threatened competition and many markets. ...

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The election consisted of four nationally recognized candidates William Howard Taft, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and Eugene Debbs. ... Roosevelt was Taft's predecessor, who had left the Republican party to form the new progressive party. ... Theodore Roosevelt stood at the center of the campaign. ... Roosevelt pushed for regulatory commission. ... Debbs worked from a different, more expansive notion of democracy and equality than Roosevelt. ...

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During the camping trip in Yosemite territory with John Muir, Theodore Roosevelt acknowledged the true lust, appreciation, and respect that John Muir has for nature. After John Muir's death President Theodore Roosevelt made reflections in his admiration on John Muir in a piece called "An Appreciation". ... After the camping trip with John Muir in 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt made many drastic actions towards the conservation issue. ... Roosevelt, Theodore. ... Roosevelt, Theodore. ...

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He ran against William Taft, a republican, and Theodore Roosevelt, a progressive. Theodore Roosevelt and William Taft were both running for the republican spot, but when William Taft won, Theodore Roosevelt started his own party called the Progressive party. The election was a close one between Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson looking at the popular votes, but Wilson won by a landslide looking at the electoral votes. Woodrow Wilson got 435 out of 538 electoral votes, Theodore Roosevelt got 88, and William Taft got 8. ... Just like Theodore Roosevelt's agreement called New Nationalism...

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A very significant contribution to the Progressive movement came from those of whom Theodore Roosevelt called the muckrakers. ... This was evidently true, that is until Theodore Roosevelt came along. ... The presidents of the Progressive movement included Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909), William Taft (1909-1913) and first term of Democrat Woodrow Wilson (1913-1917). ... During his presidency, Theodore Roosevelt's Justice Department brought 44 cases against several trusts. William Taft, Theodore Roosevelt's secretary of war, was chosen by T. ...

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I was born on January 23, 1869, in New York. Both my mother and my father were journalists. My father's name is David Croly and my mother's name is Jane Cunningham. Some of my early on goals included graduating from Harvard University, and becoming a well-known journalist, both of which were later a...

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"The Struggle for Social Justice" was the basis of the platform that Theodore Roosevelt and his Progressive Party ran on in the 1912 presidential campaign. In 1901 Theodore Roosevelt was elected president after an anarchist killed President McKinley. Roosevelt was a Republican, but was truly a progressive at heart. ... Meanwhile, Roosevelt had been on a long hunting safari in Africa. ... In 1915, Wilson helped pass Roosevelt's child labor law. ...

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He was well on his way to his dream job of sitting on the Supreme Court, when he was sidetracked for a term as the 27th president with help from by his wife and Theodore Roosevelt. ... On his way to his dream job of sitting on the Supreme Court, he was elected as the 27th president with help from his wife and Theodore Roosevelt. ...

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Among the progressives are John Dewey, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and Herbert Croly whom will be supporting authors for the argument presented. ... Franklin Roosevelt sought to explain why "new terms" needed to be added to the "old social contract" of the United States in the "commonwealth club speech.... America is youthful and new in Roosevelt's idea. ...

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President Theodore Roosevelt became a "trustbuster" eliminating bad trusts from companies. ... President Roosevelt, representative of the federal government helped to make changes in the national government. ... Roosevelt did this to over 40 trusts, but he wasn't worthy of the nickname "trustbuster." ...

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Some progress was made against the trusts during the administration of Theodore Roosevelt, and Congress passed two bills regulating railroads. Although Roosevelt supported the progressive drive for regulation of corporations and for social welfare legislation, Congress remained adamantly against it. Roosevelt's successor, William Howard Taft, was a determined opponent of progressive reform. ... When this failed, progressives united in a third party and nominated Roosevelt for President. ...

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Progressivism expanded all throughout American cities which ended in political mechanisms full of monopolies and corrupted leaders. The Progressive Movement was a major phase of liberalism between 1900 and 1920 changed the life of the average Americans by restoring economic opportunities, protecting...

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?The Only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing? Edmund Burke They say time is a great teacher. How true. History has taught us that peace must be kept at all costs. At the end of World War 1, the common goal between the victorious nations throughout the world was t...

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