...The most important person in American history is Theodore Roosevelt. During his life, he made a great impact on America. Roosevelt was the 26th president and fought in the Spanish-American War. He was the most influential person who supported the completion of construction of the Panama Canal. During his presidency, he inspired many. If it was not for Theodore Roosevelt, our society would not be as advanced as it is today. Theodore was born on October 27, 1858. Born in New York City on October 27, 1858, Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt was governor of New York before becoming U.S. vice president (Biography.com). He was six when President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, and he watched the funeral procession from his grandfather's house in New York...
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...These two presidents continued the legacy of Roosevelt (to an extent) by continuing to regulate American Industry. The Mann-Elkins Act of 1910 gave the Interstate Commerce Commission more power to set Railroad rates, similarly to what Roosevelt did. Taft actually busted more trusts than Roosevelt did, and he busted 99 trusts, including the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey and the American Tobacco Company. However, he eventually drew criticism from even Roosevelt, since Taft tried to bust all trusts, while Roosevelt believed in distinguishing between good trusts and bad trusts. Woodrow Wilson’s presidency followed Taft, and Wilson focused largely on tariff rates. He did this through the Underwood-Simmons Act, which was very effective in drastically reducing tariff rates. Wilson argued that high tariff rates hurt consumers and contributed to the formation of monopolies. Wilson was also a strong supporter of the Clayton Antitrust Act, which prohibited price-fixing and interlocking directorates. In the same year, the...
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...Theodore Roosevelt Our 26th President of the United States was born on October 27, 1858 in New York City, the son of Martha Bulloch Roosevelt and Theodore Roosevelt Senior. Born in an affluent family, Teddy Roosevelt was a very frail child. Afflicted with asthma and being in an immensely physical shape he was home-schooled. While being home-schooled he deeply fell in love with the study nature. To improve his physical conditions he began to box and exercise. He would soon attend Harvard College in 1876 where he continued on with boxing and began rowing, and developed an interest in naval affairs. Before becoming president Mr. Roosevelt was a very busy man with various job titles. After graduating from Harvard in 1880, he entered Columbia Law School, but soon dropped out to pursue his goal as a New York State Assemblyman. He would also be a U.S. Civil Service Commissioner, an Assistant Secretary of the Navy, a lieutenant colonel of First U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiment and would also publish quite a few books. While running for Vice President with William McKinley as President, they were elected. Roosevelt was only Vice President for about six months before President McKinley was assassinated. Roosevelt would then be sworn into office as the youngest U.S. President at the age of forty-two. As President, he strived to improve working conditions, trust busting and acted as a peace maker. He helped negotiate the end of the Russo-Japanese War, earning him the Nobel...
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...and his actions by the choices that he makes. What if by our choices, we could potentially change the destiny of our lives and our country? Such was the legacy of President Theodore Roosevelt. At age 42, President Roosevelt became the youngest man to assume the U.S. presidency after the assassination of President William McKinley in 1901. He became one of the world’s greatest leaders and was responsible for revolutionizing the power and authority of the presidential office. He was best known by his visionary leadership and influences which help to set the country on a path to prosperity and growth and also brought about social and economic changes that ushered our country into the 20th Century. Additionally, President Roosevelt used his influence and the authority of his presidency to transform the role and responsibilities of the federal government making him hated among his peers, but yet, a hero among the American people. Although President Theodore Roosevelt was a man of many accomplishments, he was praised for transforming the roles and responsibilities of the federal government by accomplishing the following; his “conservation effort in protecting public lands, his reinvention of stronger foreign and domestic policies, and establishment of the Pure Food and Drug Acts. Perhaps, one of the reasons why President Roosevelt was so effective during his presidency was the fact that he was a transparent person; someone the American people could relate to and understand. He was...
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...New Nationalism and Teddy Roosevelt: The new ideals of federal intervention, social justice and economic welfare for the Nation. Abstract In 1901 when President McKinley was assassinated, Roosevelt confronted sentiment, especially from the older members of the Republican Party, that he was not the right person to lead the country, often referring to him as “His Accidency.” Roosevelt was interested in quickly changing the mood of the country and establishing his legitimacy to his new position. He did so by introducing a “New Nationalist” form of Progressivism. When Roosevelt was sworn in, the Progressive Party had already been developing and growing since the end of the 19th century. It advocated for reforms and the lead of the government in changing society’s problems in response to socio-economic and political imbalances. Such thinking was a radical change in the country’s mindset, with earlier efforts supporting private efforts to solve the nation’s ills. The Progressive party had a broad platform, but the overall goal was for government to implement and lead efforts to alter societal inequalities. The Progressives called for eliminating corruption in the federal government as well as supporting a social welfare program, the women’s vote, penal system reform, and prohibition. Although the issue of civil rights for African-Americans was of concern of some members, this issue was not formally included in any of the Progressive party’s literature. With the support of...
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...Lion in the White House Chapter 1 As a child Theodore Roosevelt Jr. suffered from asthma and was regularly taken to other states where the air allowed him to breath with ease. His father was his care taker due to his mother being very sick with headaches and stomach complications making her unable to care for him. He was very intrigued with nature and animals. His family called him Teedie; he was born into an upper-class family. His father was Republican while his mother was Democratic but his paternal instincts were very prominent within him. Chapter 2 Roosevelt was the only one within the family to college degree. His health had improved tremendously and in return boosted his self-confidence. He took up boxing and became quite popular with the superior kids at Harvard. Roosevelt’s father died in 1878 due to peritonitis, but the family thought his death to be more of disappointment with himself for not reaching his goals in the Republican politics. His father’s death left him feeling shattered as if though he must feel his father’s shoes within the family. Theodore Roosevelt longed for a strong and independent wife, yet seemed to follow his father’s footsteps and married Alice Hathaway Lee, a woman much like his own mother. Chapter 3 Theodore Roosevelt decided to enter politics because he felt it best suited him due to his personality and determination. His mentor was President Lincoln, as he wrote his speeches and literatures they mocked President...
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...of the United States that comes into office has a different agenda and a different way of running things. All of the decisions they make in office impact everyone. After the president leaves office, they leave a legacy behind. This legacy could either be satisfactory or unsatisfactory, depending on what they did while in office. Three presidents that left a big legacy on America are Ronald Reagan, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt and each of them impacted, either good or bad, the country in some way. While each left a legacy, one president's legacy was more impactful, in a helpful way, to America’s development and growth. Before Ronald Reagan came into office in 1980, there was a major recession in the late 1970’s. This means that there was a period of temporary economic decline during which trade and industrial activity were reduced. Reagan’s promise to the people was that he was going to restore the economy, but everyone's question was how he planned to do that. His plan was to provide tax breaks to the very wealthy people. The idea was that if the wealthy class had more money, they could provide more jobs and the money would make its way down to the other classes, this was called trickle down economics (Corvo, Lecture). Reagan’s...
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...Prior to the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt, America’s working population had been battered by the conditions of the Gilded age. The Gilded age had thrust corruption into the American economy, tying together politics and big business, harming the poor working class. Even before Roosevelt was elected, parties formed towards the end of the Gilded age had aimed at reforming the various problems within the country, but had immense opposition. The Greenback Labor party later to be known as the populist and progressive party, aimed victory to local and state levels, slowly just surely climbing the ladder of reform. However, Roosevelt’s election made enormous waves in the progressive movement, ultimately leading to a better society and country....
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...president was Theodore Roosevelt. William McKinley was a success in his presidency due to his foreign and domestic affairs. Foreign Affairs helped Mckinley's presidential legacy. The United States and Spain went to war in 1898. This war was fought over the independence of Cuba. Major battles took place in the Spanish colonies of Cuba and the Philippines. The war began began on April 25, 1898 and ended with a United States victory on August 12, 1898. Conditions in Cuba worsened in 1898 so William Mckinley sent the US Battleship Maine to Cuba in order to protect American citizens. An explosion occurred on February 15, 1898 causing the Maine to sink in Havana Harbor. No one was sure who caused this explosion and the Americans blamed Spain for this. This caused the United States to want go to to war. First, the US went to attack Spanish battleships in the Philippines to stop them from getting to Cuba. The Battle of Manila Bay took place on May 1, 1898 in which Commodore George Dewey defeated the Spanish Navy and took control of the Philippines. The United States needed soldiers to help fight in the war. There was one group of volunteers which included ranchers, cowboys, and outdoorsmen. They were known as the Rough Riders. They were led by Theodore Roosevelt. “The elusive Spanish Caribbean fleet under Adm. Pascual Cervera was located in Santiago harbour in Cuba by U.S. reconnaissance. An army of regular troops and volunteers under Gen. William Shafter (including Theodore Roosevelt and his...
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...Timeline Part II NOTE: Before starting the Timeline project please refer to the "Example Timeline Matrix" document. Instructions: Complete the matrix by providing the Time Period/Date(s) in column B, and the Description and Significance of the People/Event(s) to American History in column C. See complete instructions in the Syllabus for the Module 3 assignment entitled. “Timeline Part II.” NOTE: The timeline project does not need to be submitted to turnitin. NOTE: Please write your answers in a clear and concise manner. Limit your submission of the Timeline Part II up to 250 words per topic/subtopic. For example, if a topic is divided into 3 subtopics, you may write a maximum of 250 per subtopic listed. Be sure to cite all sources. Major Event/Epoch in American History | Time Period/Date(s) | Description and Significance of the People/Event(s) to American History | 1) The evolution of the institution of slavery from the Colonial Period to the 1860s. | 16th Century – 19th Century | I found this excerpt from Robert Francis Engs from the Macmillan Information Now Encyclopedia: The history of African American slavery in the United States can be divided into two periods: the first coincided with the colonial years, about 1650 to 1790; the second lasted from American independence through the Civil War, 1790 to 1865. Prior to independence, slavery existed in all the American colonies and therefore was not an issue of sectional debate. With the arrival of independence...
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...The Spanish-American War changed America’s view of expansion. It was a brief and intense war between America and Spain that lasted only from April until July of 1898. The war was not started by one thing in particular. Many events happened preceding the war. It all began with the Wilson-Gorman Tariff of 1894, which put restrictions on sugar imports to the United States. This hurt Cuba’s economy since it was based on producing and selling their sugar. At the time, Cuba was a Spanish colony. Angry citizens known as “insurrectos” began revolting. Spain then sent General Weyler to stabilize the situation in Cuba and put a lot of people in concentration camps. The United States became concerned having many businessmen with investment interests in Cuba. The American public was stirred into an anti-Spain frenzy by the yellow journalism of men like Hearst and Pulitzer. President Grover Cleveland did not declare war. Not long after President McKinley came into office, he was criticizing Spain’s “uncivilized and inhuman” conduct. By this time, Weyler had left Cuba. McKinley sent the USS Maine on a “friendly” mission to Cuba. The ship was to wait, ready to rescue any U.S. citizens endangered by the conflict in Cuba. On February 15, 1898, the USS Maine mysteriously blew up, killing 266 sailors and sinking the ship. McKinley gave the OK for war and by April, both the US and Spain had declared war. The Spanish-American War was called “a splendid little war” because the war...
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...Wiley, Theodore Roosevelt, and the Federal Regulation of Food and Drugs By Anthony Gaughan Food and Drug Law Mr. Peter Barton Hutt Harvard Law School Winter 2004 Introduction In 1906 Congress passed two landmark pieces of legislation: the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act. The acts emerged from the reformist ethos of the Progressive Era, a time when the federal government took on a new and much more active role in the everyday lives of ordinary Americans. Of all the laws passed during the Progressive Era, no legislation proved more successful and more enduring than the 1906 food and drug legislation. The acts established the foundations of modern American food and drug law, and gave birth to the Food and Drug Administration. For the first time, the federal government assumed permanent and comprehensive responsibility for the health and safety of the American food and drug supply. Although the statutes have been revised many times since 1906, the essence of modern food and drug law remains consistent with the principles of federal responsibility for consumer safety that underlay the first statutes a century ago. The passage of the 1906 food and drug legislation stemmed from the actions of many people across the political landscape, ranging from Senator Albert Beveridge to socialist writer Upton Sinclair. But no indi- 1 viduals played a larger public role in the passage of the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act than Theodore Roosevelt...
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...crisis, but, the national political leaders such as Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson, who intense to the social and political changes in America, have successfully raised a betterment for the United States, especially in the period of Progressive movement (1890-1920). Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson were the national political leader that regarded as the Progressive president since they introduced dramatic political reforms in the United States. They establish several legislations that considered made the condition of America during the progressive era become better; more organized government, the new banking system, more control over the big business and monopolies, development of modern presidency, were some example of the progressive actions during the presidency era of Roosevelt' and Wilson'. Particularly, T.R. elevated the importance of his presidency by understanding the importance of the press corps and promote his own image as well as to promote the press of the policies in his presidency (Bauer 8). Meanwhile, Wilson enacted the progressivism by reducing the prohibitive tariffs, creating a major transformation of the banking system, and generating new stronger of trust in order to re-establish fair economic competition in the United States (Bauer 9). It just some examples of the significant actions they had established, in the following, will be discussed the other progressive actions as well as the Roosevelt' and Wilson' presidency during the progressive era...
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...Timeline Part II NOTE: Before starting the Timeline project please refer to the "Example Timeline Matrix" document. Instructions: Complete the matrix by providing the Time Period/Date(s) in column B, and the Description and Significance of the People/Event(s) to American History in column C. See complete instructions in the Syllabus for the Module 3 assignment entitled. “Timeline Part II.” NOTE: The timeline project does not need to be submitted to turnitin. NOTE: Please write your answers in a clear and concise manner. Limit your submission of the Timeline Part II up to 250 words per topic/subtopic. For example, if a topic is divided into 3 subtopics, you may write a maximum of 250 per subtopic listed. Be sure to cite all sources. Major Event/Epoch in American History | Time Period/Date(s) | Description and Significance of the People/Event(s) to American History | 1) The evolution of the institution of slavery from the Colonial Period to the 1860s. | 1619-1860 | At first, slaves could earn their freedom. When they did, slaves tended to own their own slaves. This is how it was up until 1750 when Georgia legalized slavery. Slavery was more needed in the south than the north due to the climate and ability to grow more crops. (Webmaster, 2011) Around 1808, the importation of slavery ended due to the rise in births. Blacks then made up 20% of the American population. | 2) The socio-cultural impact of the abolitionist movement including: a) The effect of...
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...History 266 Professor Schneider August 22, 2012 Question 3: African American Life During Wartime War effects all members of a state, but as with most fluctuations of the norm, those most disadvantaged and underrepresented are often most affected. An often overlooked consequence of war is the fact that it throws together people from portions of the population which would never otherwise see such proximity. This has historically been at best a double-edged sword for persecuted minorities, African Americans being no exception. In the First World War, for example, African American units were grouped into segregated units under white officers, the majority relegated to often demeaning non-combat support roles. Their mistreatment at the hands of white officers and civilians alike was in some places so bad that it led to armed insurrection, as in Houston, Texas in August 1917. Here, they seized weapons and killed 17 civilians, whereupon the military sentenced 30 black soldiers to death and 41 others to life imprisonment.[1] Those African American troops who served in France, however, were shocked at the relative warmth of their reception. “The French government awarded the Croix de Guerre to the all-black 369th U.S. Infantry regiment, and 171 officers and enlisted men were cited individually for exceptional bravery.”[2] While this surely enlivened their hope and zeal for equality at home, it was just as surely a bitter reminder of their lack of same. As World War II approached...
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