Progressive Era DBQ
President Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson have contributed in adverse and gainful reforms to the Progressive Era. Theodore Roosevelt, a true conservationist yet a pro-war, have served his nation in many different ways. During the Spanish-American war, he served our nation as a Rough Rider, then he served as the governor of N.Y., and then he came to his most notable post, the president of the USA. Throughout his time as the president, he kept his love for wars aside and didn’t participate in any existing war of his time. During his presidency, he was involved with many progressive and conservationist notions. President Wilson showed same desires for the problems that Roosevelt did, but he took different approach to the solutions. The differences between them existed through social and individual reforms. They both shared same motive of their presidency, destruction of trusts corporation. The Progressive Movement consisted many motives that ranged from women’s right to the destruction of trusts corporations. The reform movement of Roosevelt initiated from fighting for laborers. In his State of the Union Address, Document 1, …show more content…
However, the most important similarity between them was the notion of conservation. This was exemplified in the photograph of Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir, Document 2, on the Roosevelt’s end of the spectrum. The photograph was captured in Yosemite when Roosevelt was trying to spread his desires of conservation. Although Wilson didn’t passed any acts to spread the notion of conservation, he shared same views as Roosevelt. As Wilson addresses his desires in his Inaugural Address where he blames the industries for not preserving and conserving the natural resources of America. The purpose of him addressing the natural resources in his Inaugural Address was to appeal to save our land and preserving it, like
President Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson have contributed in adverse and gainful reforms to the Progressive Era. Theodore Roosevelt, a true conservationist yet a pro-war, have served his nation in many different ways. During the Spanish-American war, he served our nation as a Rough Rider, then he served as the governor of N.Y., and then he came to his most notable post, the president of the USA. Throughout his time as the president, he kept his love for wars aside and didn’t participate in any existing war of his time. During his presidency, he was involved with many progressive and conservationist notions. President Wilson showed same desires for the problems that Roosevelt did, but he took different approach to the solutions. The differences between them existed through social and individual reforms. They both shared same motive of their presidency, destruction of trusts corporation. The Progressive Movement consisted many motives that ranged from women’s right to the destruction of trusts corporations. The reform movement of Roosevelt initiated from fighting for laborers. In his State of the Union Address, Document 1, …show more content…
However, the most important similarity between them was the notion of conservation. This was exemplified in the photograph of Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir, Document 2, on the Roosevelt’s end of the spectrum. The photograph was captured in Yosemite when Roosevelt was trying to spread his desires of conservation. Although Wilson didn’t passed any acts to spread the notion of conservation, he shared same views as Roosevelt. As Wilson addresses his desires in his Inaugural Address where he blames the industries for not preserving and conserving the natural resources of America. The purpose of him addressing the natural resources in his Inaugural Address was to appeal to save our land and preserving it, like