Theodore Roosevelt
a. Theodore was a man born and raised in New York City and he was able to witness Abraham Lincoln's funeral when he was just a boy. Roosevelt went on to graduate fromHarvard University and as he grew older he witnessed the police department be cruel and corrupt and wanted to form a just and fair police force. Roosevelt was involved with the Spanish American War and strongly believed in the idea of Manifest Destiny and exercised the ideas of imperialism in the Philippines.
b. Roosevelt was nominated for Nice President of the United States because people believed that it was better for Roosevelt to do little change and after the death of President William McKinley, Roosevelt took his place. Under his presidency Roosevelt established the first national park. He created a program for the poor and needy called the Square Deal and also established the Food and Drug Association (FDA). Roosevelt established the Progressive Party dedicated to follow the progressive ideals.
c. Another thing that President Roosevelt created was the Great White Fleet made up of American navy vessels that would travel around the world and demonstrate American power. He was all in favor of the Big Stick Policy which meant that there was no reason to be afraid to use the military and violence to control the countries that needed to be controlled. Roosevelt was also in favor of the labor unions and wanted to nationalize companies. He added the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine and believed it was the United States' responsibility to intervene in Central and South American countries.
Woodrow Wilson
a. Without realizing it, Woodrow Wilson would end up being the head of the first world war. He graduated from Princeton University and became a college professor. He created the theory of Moral Internationalism that stated that America must be involved with the rest of the world. Wilson believed that social problems should have American involvement.
b. Wilson defied his campaign speech and slogan for presidential election when people believed that he would keep America out of war and the first thing he did was to want to be involved with World War I. Wilson created the 14 points and its main ideas were peace without victory, freedom of the seas and the formation of the League of Nations.
c. Wilson fought in order for the Treaty of Versailles to pass and through it the idea of moral internationalism would be established in the nation. Wilson made sure the United states would be the founding member of the league of nations. Wilson believed that the responsibility of the League of Nations would be to end war, poverty and hunger and that the world would be united with democracy.
Ida Tarbel
a. Ida comes from a wildcat oil country in a rural area in Pennsylvannia. Oil wells were owned and operated by individual people and families. Rockefeller wanted to steal family oil well through the Standard Oil company and even though she graduated with a degree of science, Ida found her passion in writing. Rockefeller identified her as a muckraker. She became interested in Madame Roland and France as well as researching about Lincoln.
b. Through Ida Tarbel, she released a book titled the History of the Standard Oil Company that revealed all the truths and defiance of the Standard Oil Company as well as creating an expose. Through her writing an investigation was held on J.D Rockefeller and the ideal monopoly went down and the company was broken down into six little companies.
c. Ida felt the importance of journalism in order to bring change and she was able to make Rockefeller consider to give to the poor and to contribute to other philanthropic causes. Ida Wells did not support the Women's Rights Movement.
Robert La Follete
a. La Follete came from a rural Wisconsin and a family of farmers and he also attended the University of Wisconsin. He has always been in favor of the poor. La Follete became a District Attorney and was able to move up to the House of Representatives. He was famously known for his speeched and therefore people were able to trust him even though he was considered young and inexperienced.
b. La Follete was an advocate of the public being involved in people being part in passing laws and advocated for the legislation of referendum which was the ability to recall or end an elected official's time in office before the next election. The Wisconsin Idea was to give the power of the government back to the people to make America. He was unsuccessful in stopping the U.S declaration of war. La Follete was upset for the U.S violating the First Amendment during the war.
c. When everyone of the members of congress were in favor of going to war during the first world war, La Follete gave many anti war speeches and argued against the idea of America going to war with the rest of the world. He was believed to be a strong anarchist and ran for president of the Progressive Party
Eugene V. Debs
a. He was born into an intellectual family but they were poor. He also comes from a German background and was taught to have respect for his community and he enjoyed school. He valued the idea of engaging in intellectual discussions and soon enough took on a risky job at the railroads.
b. Debs was able to find meaning behind the union work and believe that socialism and meeting new people paid off at the end in his career. He became a union activist and demanded for justice at the companies for railroad company workers. The ARU assisted the Great Railway Strike against the Pullman company. Dubbs strongly believed in the idea of Socialism.
c. He began the American Railway Union and it became the strongest industrial union in the railway industry. Debs established a life long friendship with Susan B. Anthony and he supported woman's suffrage. Debbs and his brother Theodore established a publishing company because he believed that many important books from great authors were not being published. He focused on the subject of unionism, struggles of the poor, socialism, anarchism, and communism.
John D. Rockefeller
a. Rockefeller was born on a small farm in upstate New York and could most likely be described as being in the middle class. He became devoted to religion. He earned a good salary as a book seller.
b. He established the idea of Monopoly and took control over all oil companies.He established the idea of predatory pricing. If any company tried to move in on the business the prices of Rockefellers priducts would drop and there would be no other company to compete with so that company would go out of business.
C. Rockefeller fought to keep unions out of his companies. He also believed that companies would know what was best for them. Philantropy was an important part of his life as well as religion. At his old retired age, Rockefeller gave money to universities, research institutes and African American Colleges.
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