HIST 15200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Defensively Equipped Merchant Ship, Theodore Roosevelt, Political Machine
16 Aug 2018
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All the changes of the 20s, industrialization and stuff, created a fundamental question: Presidents theodore roosevelt, william howard taft, and woodrow wilson enlarged the capacity of government to fight graft, bust business trusts, regulate corporations, and promote fair labor practices, child welfare, conservation, and consumer protection. They thought that women would bring greater morality to politics and women got their vote in 1920 w the ratification of the 19th amendment. Also challenged america"s isolationist policy and felt we had a moral obligation to get more involved in the world. The human suffering and physical destruction brought by the war propelled a turning point in americas understanding of itself. Before war, country had operated as a connected union of self-governing states w different economies. After war, the country came to be understood as a nation whos federal gov"t wielded increasing power and whos citizens shared common values and cultures. Teddy roosevelt born to affluent parents in new york.
