Theodore Roosevelt

The 1900’s marked a turning point in American diplomacy as it began engaging in an increasingly aggressive expansionist policy during this time. This transfer from an essentially muted, rigid stance on foreign policy, to that of progressing involvement in world affairs, was due to intrinsic changes in the American economy and development in the mindset of the people. The onset of the Industrial Revolution, a lack of unexplored frontier remaining within the continental U.S., and a newfound…

Representative and Senator, Robert M. La Follette Sr., a Republican representing Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional district and later the leader of Progressive party, was an excellent Congressman because he was an effective speaker, helped pass various reform laws and fought political corruption. La Folletes’s election to the Senate was a significant one, mainly because he was not influenced by ulterior economic motives. Within the first three years, La Follete helped pass laws in opposition to the…

During the late 19th century and early 20th century reform movements began to shape the United States of America forever. The reform movements were a type of social movement that wanted to create equality and boost morality in America. Reform movements can improve American society and politics because they will improve workplaces and daily life for workers, immigrants will begin to feel “American”, and public schools will start to educate many more people. Usually ran by women, settlement…

The well known and respected activist Jane Addams wrote and delivered a speech in honor of George Washington’s birthday to Chicago’s Union League Club on February 23, 1903. Within the course of her speech she affirms her views on the significance of George Washington’s legacy. In addition, she uses George Washington’s legacy to make a point about the then-modern day society that she and the audience lived in. In order to effectively communicate her point, Jane Addams uses lots of rhetorical…

Americans remain very patriotic; this feeling is one that has stood for years since the founding of our great nation. In April of 1917 when Woodrow Wilson declared war it was not because he felt like it, it happened because our nation was called into action. Wilsons War Message and W.W Norton America and The great War: Document Overview Gives readers the insights on what was going on behind the message, however they also come presented differently with when each document was presented and the…

CRIMES AGAINST NATURE REVIEW Morgan Dominguez History 261: Book Review October 15, 2015 The Adirondacks, Yosemite, and The Grand Canyon all had to be inhabited at one point before they became national parks right? Karl Jacoby asks in Crimes against Nature: Squatters, Poachers, Thieves and the Hidden History of American Conservation. Jacoby argues that when thinking about the idea of preserving nature, Americans commonly expect a simple disagreement between The Park Ranger and The Evil…

significant part of the article is the use of a quotation from Roosevelt seemed to a corollary to the Monroe Doctrine. John Milton Cooper includes these reference where Roosevelt states that issuing of corollary is the only best way to promote nation from the Latin American. Furthermore, Cooper attempts to expose the tacit nature that President Roosevelt chose to help Panama during the revolt against Colombia. The initial Plan by Roosevelt was denial in private as well as public regarding the…

In the late 19th century the United States set out to expand not only towards North America, but across the Pacific Ocean as well. This expansion across the pacific Ocean included SPanish territories such as Puerto Rico, Cuba, and even the Philippines. Two men who held opposing views on the United States occupying the Philippines were Emilio Aguinaldo and Albert J. Beveridge. Aguinaldo, originally born in the Philippines, led the “resistance to Philippine independence” during the…

revenue more than thirteen million dollars while in office. (Biography.com) Which would be a lot of money back in the day. Taft did a good job in keeping everything in check. Financially Taft busted more trusts over his four years in office than roosevelt did during his 8-year administration.…

Reforms are improvements or amendment to an unsatisfactory action. During the Progressive Era of the United States, many reforms and acts were passed to help the country advance. Some of those acts and reforms regulated child labor, improved working conditions, and protected consumers through many exploits by Jacob Riis and Upton Sinclair. Many children were working in factories and sweatshops, as a means to help support their families. These children would work for 9 to 12 hours daily, and get…