Exploring the Progressive Movement through the presidencies of Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson

Graduation Date

2006

Document Type

Thesis

Program

Other

Program

Thesis (M.A)--Humboldt State University, Social Science, Teaching American History, 2006.

Committee Chair Name

Delores Nason McBroome

Committee Chair Affiliation

HSU Faculty or Staff

Keywords

Progressive Movement, Theodore Roosevelt, William Taft, Humboldt State University -- Theses -- Teaching American History, Humboldt State University -- Theses -- Social Science, Woodrow Wilson

Abstract

Progressivism was a broad based social and political reform movement during the years from around 1890-1920. The depression of 1893 helped unify the "good government" movement of the 1870s and the "social welfare" movement that began before the American Civil War into the Progressive Movement. This movement sought to remedy many social ills in a variety of ways. Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft and Woodrow Wilson were presidents during this time of reform and this thesis explores the era and the relative progressivism of these influential men, especially in regard to trust-busting and issues of race.

https://scholarworks.calstate.edu/concern/theses/dv13zw53w

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