Policies are the laws and ideas that shape and hold a country together. Presidents set and push these policies. Their policies define their administration. A president who goes against the status quo, against the presidents before him is sure to be remembered in the history books. Theodore Roosevelt as, the 26th president of the United States, had an administration that wen against all the norms of his time. As man determined to change America for the better, he set America on the global stage as a strong economic leader and peacekeeper. He made America’s economy one to be proud of, recognized as equal and fair. Theodore Roosevelt was a president for the people instead of for the social and economic elite. He disrupted the corrupt economic
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Theodore Roosevelt’s policies have been said by many to be ones of aggression, degradation, and corruption. Roosevelt was considered a hypocritical president who set America’s polices further back in time. Theodore Roosevelt’s policy of “carry a big stick and speak softly” consisted of barbaric morals. Roosevelt’s foreign policy on the Philippines suppressed Filipino nationalism and crushed their culture. Historians and critics have agreed that His aggressive land grab of in Panama should be called the “rape of Panama.” They claim that his actions in Panama should be classified as a crime against humanity. During the Panamanian revolution Theodore Roosevelt broke written treaties with Colombia. In the treaties, the US promised to protect Colombia as a newly sovereign nation but instead Roosevelt broke his promise by having the US help the Panamanian rebels. He violated …show more content…
Roosevelt pushed congress to establish the Bureau of Corporations to report information on companies and regulate them. He also set up the Federal Trade Commission to report and investigate malicious business practices. President Roosevelt enacted the Sherman Anti Trust Act, which protected citizens from corporations by prohibiting monopolies. He made an economy open to everyone and did not let the social and economic elite control the business world. Roosevelt helped create the Interstate Commerce Commission which would have the power to set railroad rates, inspect railroads, and to stop the favors that influenced politicians by railroads companies. He advocated for the passing of the Elkins Act, which banned railroad rebates. Theodore Roosevelt supported the Hepburn Act, which gave the ICC regulatory power to take affirmative government action against railroad companies. He stopped the corruption of railroads and made transportation equal for everyone. President Roosevelt once proclaimed “It is hypocritical baseness to speak of a girl who works in a factory where the dangerous machinery is unprotected as having the right’ freely to contract to expose herself to dangers to life and limb.” Theodore Roosevelt fought to protect the workers rights. He used the method called the Square Deal, which treats all parties equal for issues relating to corporate
Theodore Roosevelt’s policies have been said by many to be ones of aggression, degradation, and corruption. Roosevelt was considered a hypocritical president who set America’s polices further back in time. Theodore Roosevelt’s policy of “carry a big stick and speak softly” consisted of barbaric morals. Roosevelt’s foreign policy on the Philippines suppressed Filipino nationalism and crushed their culture. Historians and critics have agreed that His aggressive land grab of in Panama should be called the “rape of Panama.” They claim that his actions in Panama should be classified as a crime against humanity. During the Panamanian revolution Theodore Roosevelt broke written treaties with Colombia. In the treaties, the US promised to protect Colombia as a newly sovereign nation but instead Roosevelt broke his promise by having the US help the Panamanian rebels. He violated …show more content…
Roosevelt pushed congress to establish the Bureau of Corporations to report information on companies and regulate them. He also set up the Federal Trade Commission to report and investigate malicious business practices. President Roosevelt enacted the Sherman Anti Trust Act, which protected citizens from corporations by prohibiting monopolies. He made an economy open to everyone and did not let the social and economic elite control the business world. Roosevelt helped create the Interstate Commerce Commission which would have the power to set railroad rates, inspect railroads, and to stop the favors that influenced politicians by railroads companies. He advocated for the passing of the Elkins Act, which banned railroad rebates. Theodore Roosevelt supported the Hepburn Act, which gave the ICC regulatory power to take affirmative government action against railroad companies. He stopped the corruption of railroads and made transportation equal for everyone. President Roosevelt once proclaimed “It is hypocritical baseness to speak of a girl who works in a factory where the dangerous machinery is unprotected as having the right’ freely to contract to expose herself to dangers to life and limb.” Theodore Roosevelt fought to protect the workers rights. He used the method called the Square Deal, which treats all parties equal for issues relating to corporate