Compare And Contrast Roosevelt And Wilson

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Throughout the years in America we have struggled and faced foreign policy, but we have seen a few presidents handle this problem in many different ways, like Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson. Although all three of them are different they did their best to handle these policy. Roosevelt was a socialist and had a desire to constantly do his best, while Wilson differed from Roosevelt, Wilson was an idealist. Roosevelt was more for foreign policy, while Wilson didn’t really agree with it. Not only did Wilson and Roosevelt think different, but they acted completely different from each other. Roosevelt was a war hero who jumped into things head first, while Wilson was more reserved, and intelligent. While Roosevelt wanted more power for America, Wilson

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