PASSAGES: 1877 - 1909
Ch 20: Theodore Roosevelt and
Progressive Reform, 1901-1909
Introduction
Roosevelt and Foreign Policy
The Election of 1904
Politics and Diplomacy: Theodore
Roosevelt and the Strong Presidency
Progressive Campaigns to Reform the
Nation
The Age of Theodore Roosevelt
The Roosevelt Agenda
The US at the Outset of the 20th Century
Social and Cultural Events:
A Longer Life Span
Children at Work
Changes in the Family
Women at Work
A Nation of Consumers
The Role of Advertising
The Example of Sears
General Robert Wood
Race Relations in the Roosevelt Era
Black Life in the Early 20th Century
Exclusion from Politics
The Stirrings of Militant Protest
Social and Cultural Events: W.E.B. Du Bois
and the Struggle for African American Rights
Roosevelt and the Modern Presidency:
The First Term
The Challenge of United States Steel
Controlling the Trusts
The Square Deal in the Coal Strike
Consumers and Reformers
The Currents of Reform
Differing Methods of Reform
The Ambiguities of Progressivism
The Muckrakers
The Impact of McClure’s Magazine
The End of Muckraking
Women and Progressive Reform
CA women reform movement?
The Continuing Fight for Women Suffrage
Reform in the Cities
Reform in the States
Increasing Regulatory Power
La Follette of Wisconsin
Progressivism as a National Force
The Problems of Reform
Roosevelt and the Modern Presidency:
The Second Term
Railroad Regulation and the Hepburn Act
The of Regulation
Roosevelt and World Politics
The Algeciras Conference
The Gentlemen’s Agreement
The Great White Fleet
Labor and Socialists Challenge Roosevelt
The 1906 Elections
Problems with the Supreme Court
Roosevelt and Conservatism
John Muir
Deteriorating Race Relations
Roosevelt’s Last Year’s of Power
The 1908 Presidential Election
Conclusions:
Suggested Readings:
Chapter Essay Questions:
1. Explain Theodore Roosevelt’s link to the
“modern presidency.”