Theodore Cleaver

and muckrakers who decided to make society better. The reformers disliked the political machines, which brought about the reform the Progressives made of initiative, Referendum, and Recall. The Progressive Era really starts with the inauguration of Theodore Roosevelt, and ends in 1917 with the start of World War 1. The Progressives sometimes got their reform accomplishments from the ways that made society better. The Progressives got what they wanted to accomplish in their reform in good way…

How America Became A Global Power From thirteen small colonies that went to war with a whole empire. A nation divided fighting against each other. To now, the biggest global power in the world. But what made the U.S such a global power and where did it start? America became a global power between 1867-1919 because of involvement in Hawaii, building the Panama Canal, and their involvement in the Philippines. First, America began to show their global power by what the U.S government did to…

The video, “Harvest of Empire” introduced us to the imperialism that our president started a program that recruit peoples from Puerto after World War 2 to the United States for a better life. Immigration was one of significant part of the Imperialism. That show that our country is the land of opportunity for these people. For example, Mariana Zamboni was immigrated to United States when she was a kid. This country give the opportunity to have a better live. For the result, of hard work…

Théodore Géricault Le Radeau de La Méduse (the raft of the medusa) French Romantic artist (1798-1863) oil painting Théodore Géricault (26 September 1791 - 26 January 1824) is an influential French painter and lithographer. The Raft of the Medusa is known for his most famous piece, which is an oil painting on canvas completed during 1818 to 1819, when he was in the age of 27. The painting depicts the scene of the aftermath when a shipwreck occured, this is referred to a real event happened on…

In 1872, President Ulysses S. Grant signed a bill creating Yellowstone as the first National Park (The National Parks 2009), which is considered an area of land that is being protected from human exploitation and occupation (West & Brechen n.d.). Yellowstone was created for that exact reason, except the idea of enjoyment for the people was more prominent at the time (United States National Parks Service 2015), as congress did not do much to protect it (The National Parks 2009). Thus, the…

My alter ego report is on Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd . Franklin Roosevelt was born in Hyde Park, New York in his family home on January 30th 1882. HIs parents were James and Sara Roosevelt. During his childhood, Franklin Roosevelt spent a great deal of time on his family ranch. In his childhood, he was educated by private tutors and learned how to handles horses. In his teenage years, he received a formal education from a Massachusetts prep by the name of Groton. Franklin Roosevelt…

Progressive Era reformers and the federal government were able to bring a significant amount of reform during the years of 1900 to 1920. Although mostly conservative, the reforms made during this time period paved the way for future development. The federal government mainly worked on reforms for trusts and child labor laws, while Progressive reformers focused on the rights of the people, specifically women and African Americans. The reforms that were made did not hold a great impact in society,…

The United States and Latin America relationship has been in development even before their official consolidation as democratic and independent states. Transformation in policies, connections and outcomes were a result of particular circumstances within specific countries, relationships along the American continent, and links to European political and historical context, for over two centuries. During the first half of the nineteenth century, the United States was fighting for the unification of…

The reform leader I picked is Theodore Roosevelt. I picked him because I believe he did the most for American society. Roosevelt made a lot of impacts on American society. For example, under the Square Deal, his policies, the Sherman Anti-trust was created. This act purpose was to stop trust and monopolies. This send a loud message making an impact. Another impact was his Pure Food and Drug Act. The purpose of this act was for food and products to be inspected, when food was in good condition,…

covered issues like crime, poverty, and immigration issues. This is why Mckinley’s assassination made way for “political modernization, a terrible but effective way of clearing the decks” (Rauchway, xi). Before taking Mckinley’s place as President, Theodore Roosevelt belived, “I have really much less influence with the President now that I am Vice-President than I had even when I was governor” (Rauchway, 11). Now with the influence he needed ad President, Roosevelt “played on his constituents’…