Eleanor Roosevelt

The Monroe Doctrine was enunciated in December 2, 1823 by the fifth president of the United Stated, James Monroe. According to the Office of the Historian: “The three main concepts of the doctrine—separate spheres of influence for the Americas and Europe, non-colonization, and non-intervention—were designed to signify a clear break between the New World and the autocratic realm of Europe (Historian).” In other words, the purpose of this doctrine was to let the world know that not only United…

addressed the economic problems such as monopolies and trust eliminating competition and taking advantage of the workers/consumers. This included dishonest businesses and an uneven distribution of wealth. He soon became known as the ¨trust buster¨. Roosevelt enforced the Sherman Antitrust Act, which made any trust that limited competition illegal. He then decided to take further action by making a domestic policy called ¨the Square Deal¨. It created acts such as ¨Pure Food and Drug Act¨ of 1906,…

Have you ever though about rather Providence Canyon should become a national Park??There is a lot of history behind the Canyon.The Grand Canyon is know as the Little Grand Canyon.The grand canyon is know from it's features.Say if an animal there you never saw before you would like to see and you would have the opportunity to see that once in a life time animal.The Canyon should be considered a National Park that would be so fun.It would be enjoying and a World class experience.Based on…

re-nominated President William Taft. While the progressive wing split off to form the Progressive Party and they nominated Theodore Roosevelt, who had already served as the president from 1901 to 1909. With the Republicans divided, Wilson, won 435 electoral votes compared to the 88 votes Roosevelt and the eight Taft received. He received nearly 42 percent of the popular vote and Roosevelt came in second place with more than 27 percent of the popular…

The Election of 1912 was one of the most unique elections America has had. Four candidates William Taft, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and Eugene Debs. All in which were apart of different political parties that proposed they had a particular interest in protecting the people and making the economy fairly equal. Eugene Debs representative of the socialist party, based his campaign on the purpose of giving power to the workers, and allowing the community to regulate the means of…

delivered concerns regarding unequal distribution of wealth to the poor. In his article, “Gospel of Wealth,” Carnegie shares his belief that the duty of the wealth is to support the poverty-stricken by being a “caretaker for the poor.” Theodore Roosevelt closed down John D. Rockefellers, “Standard Oil” company because it had corrupt ideals. Upton Sinclair’s novel, “The Jungle,” exposed meat factories which proceeded on creating the “Meat…

Sabeena Jagdeo Social Origins of the Progressive Reform There are many interpretations to the progressive era in American history. Some say it was reforms made by the middle class, while others argue that it was conducted by the lower-class, and African American women. Overall, it was conducted by many groups, with a number of different intentions on how to change, and improve the American society. It was a time for progressives to take action in preserving the American values, while slightly…

Zinn’s interpretation of the progressive era is that he thinks socialism reached its high mark and Foner’s interpretation was he thought that there were more social divisions such as more population and consumer marketplace. Howard Zinn thought they owed largely too many of the problems that was from the rise of the industrial capitalism. Many progressives tried to enact on many of these social issues including Howard Zinn himself. He saw the problem as being started as capitalism itself. Zinn…

William McKinley was a successful president; he did great things up until his assassination. He was most known for leading the United States of America through war with Spain even though it was controversial. His foreign policies were difficult and I feel like most of his choices were. McKinley was open to question with most historians but, I believe he opened the mind of the public and forced them to think a different way. William McKinley was born January 19, 1843 in Niles, Ohio. He married…

William McKinley was a successful president; he did great things up until his assassination. He was most known for leading the United States of America through the war with Spain even though it was so controversial. His foreign policies were difficult and I feel like most of his choices followed that manner. McKinley was open to question with most historians but, I believe he opened the mind of the public and forced them to think in a different way. William McKinley was born January 19, 1843 in…