Tuesday, April 24, 2018
Theodore Roosevelt
One of the main topics that we have been exploring this week is the legacy of Theodore Roosevelt. Theodore Roosevelt was the youngest president in our nation's history at the age of only 43. He was very big into the progressive mindset, wanting things like freedom in places like Cuba and the Philippines as well as the fall of the boss system. President Roosevelt achieved his title as one of the most progressive presidents up to his time for many reasons. One of the most revolutionary ideas that Roosevelt began to introduce to the United States that helped to give him his title of "most progressive president" was the conservation of nature. He began to create United States National Parks which with some of his most effective achievements being in conservation. He added enormously to the national forests in the West, reserved lands for public use, and fostered great irrigation projects. He even won the Nobel Peace Prize for mediating the Russo-Japanese War, reached a Gentleman's Agreement on immigration with Japan, and sent the Great White Fleet on a goodwill tour of the world. All these are reasons why President Roosevelt has been considered one of the most progressive presidents to date.
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Progressivism is the support for or advocacy of improvement of society by reform. Theodore Roosevelt was clearly a progressive president, as seen through his many attempts to reform American society through legal measures, most notably his creation of National Parks throughout the United States that you mentioned in the post. It was both this desire for progress and his charismatic attitude that made Roosevelt so popular among the American people during his time.
ReplyDeleteYes I agree that he was a the most progressive president yet. With all of these achievements he made, we can appreciate his views today. He really thought into the future of America in his own way and his reforms brought mostly good for America today.
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