POL 201 Final: POL 201 Study Guide Exam Two
12 Sep 2016
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Progressivism was big in the late 1800s early 1900s. William mckinley was assassinated in 1901 and teddy roosevelt became president. William howard taft: didn"t always comply with roosevelt. Roosevelt ran in 1912 as the head of the bull moose party which split the republican votes and lost to wilson. Woodrow wilson: pacifist, determined to keep us out of wwi which he did until 1917. Unregulated stock market made lots of people rich- market blew up then crashed the great depression. Herbert hoover: was convinced that economy would right itself and be better than before, people in labor intensive industries (coal mining and publishing) were starving to death, there were not any social catch programs like welfare. Franklin d roosevelt: 1932- ran with a new deal campaign, called on economic theorist maynard keynes. Told government to spend money to stimulate the economy. Social- people were starving to death so welfare, social security and civil conservation core came into play.
