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    Theodore Roosevelt became president in 1901 and has since changed the traditional role of the federal government. Prior to Roosevelt’s presidency the federal government practiced a laissez faire attitude towards big businesses. During his presidency, Roosevelt began to increase the role of the federal government by passing policies that were aimed to expand the federal government’s involvement in trusts and conservation. By 1901, giant trusts had already became huge political and economic…

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    Teddy Roosevelt Dbq

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    -I, Teddy Roosevelt entered presidency in 1901 by accident. I intially tried to build a working relationship with McKinley supporters as well as Republicans in Congress but, my belief in a strong presidency desired to induce social change. I now moved foward and decided to attack the power of the buisness trusts through the courts. My first action was against the Northern Securities Company, a company created by some of Americas most influential and powerful bankers to combine the holdings of…

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    "Conservation means development as much as it does protection." Teddy Roosevelt stated this quote about conservation and protecting our wildlife. Scene teddy was a kid he always wanted to help keep nature. When Theodore Roosevelt passed the national reclamation Act in 1902, he took a stand, preserving our natural resources ,coal companies and miners opposed this act because it limited their projects. As a result Teddy established a federal government that managed the scale of water used.…

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    Theodore Roosevelt was an influential president during the time of the Progressive Era. He implemented tactical strategies to deal with the coal strike, debates over railroad regulation, factory working and other reform concerns requiring government intervention. The changes during this Progressive Era would fundamentally change American public affairs and political structure in the twentieth century and modern American government. Beginning in the twentieth century, American lives would…

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    Theodore Roosevelt once stated, “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” He certainly did just that during his life. One example of this is when Roosevelt resigned from the United States Navy and organized the First United States Volunteer Cavalry, also known as the Rough Riders, and led them into the Battle of San Juan Hill. Also, during his presidency, he became known as the Trust-Buster while also campaigning for an expansion of the power of the presidency. He also was a big…

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    III. Negotiating opposing approaches with Gaian and Person Ethics Gaian ethics can be applicable to traditional, Cartesian philosophy with emphasis on a holistic perspective of the global environment. According to Rene Descartes, the fundamental base for Cartesian environmental ethics is all physical reality can be reduced to “minds” and “bodies” (Shrader-Frechette). The Cartesian body is purely a mechanical entity (Koch). In order to be an ethical individual, it must possess consciousness of…

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    Immanuel, Kant - (1724-1804) Most influential philosopher in the history of Western philosophy. One of the foremost thinkers of the Enlightenment, he focused on rationalism and works of Francis Bacon. Kant wanted to structure ethics as consisting of a set of rules that one never shall break, he claimed that humanity has a dignity or worth that elevates humanity above all else in nature. In 1775, he wrote the “General Natural History and Theory of the Heavens,” a theory of the origins of the…

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    In the 1920s, America’s conservation movement was off to a grand start. Powerful individuals, such as Theodore Roosevelt, John Muir, and Gifford Pinchot, lent their voices in the urgent call to preserve America’s natural reserves. Congress was passing legislation protecting wildlife, natural parks were springing into life, and nature-preserving commissions were being created (Conservation in the Progressive Era). In a swirl of action, America’s conservation movement and the subsequent emphasis…

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    thought that the protection of the nation’s natural resources and nature in general was an extremely urgent matter. During his presidency, he used the Antiquities Act of 1906 to protect about 230 million acres of land. He also nominated Garfield Pinchot to the head of the Division of Forestry, who would later be fired by Taft. *African American…

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    federal lands to at least 7 million acres a year. This program has had 1.66 million forested acres treated, 703 miles of stream improved, and more than 4,000 jobs a year created and maintained. Gifford Pinchot and John Muir were both foresters and politicians who wanted to help America’s forests. Pinchot wanted managed conservation, which meant that lands owned by the federal government could not only be used for recreation by the public but could also be used by industries. These industries…

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