Pollster I believe that Eleanor Roosevelt has the best odds of winning this competition because she has been the strongest candidate. In contrast‚ her competitor‚ Henry Ford‚ was exposed in the previous round with facts that he probably didn’t want others to know. With that being said‚ Eleanor Roosevelt has the best chances of winning against Henry Ford. Eleanor Roosevelt has the best odds to win the competition because of her presentation skills and the good she has done for the american people
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Some people say that Theodore Roosevelt’s conservation of natural resources is amongst his greatest achievements as president. On May 3‚ 1908‚ Theodore Roosevelt held a conference entitled the Conservation of Natural Resources. In this conference he told people of his views on the utilization of natural resources and how the American peoples’ utilization of these resources was wasteful. One example was of the depletion of trees in the forest which could be corrected if the people would simply take
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of the time was Roosevelt’s Big Stick Diplomacy‚ or more commonly known as the Roosevelt Corollary. “Walk softly‚ but carry a big stick” was the motto for the Roosevelt Corollary‚ which focused on justifying the United States interactions and military interventions with Latin America as the U.S. was the big brother of Latin America. In contrast‚ another foreign policy
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Franklin Roosevelt was born on January 30‚ 1882‚ in Hyde Park‚ New York. He grew up in a very wealthy family‚ making their living on real estate and trade. Until the age of 14 Roosevelt received a very good education by tutors and governess. In 1896 Franklin attended Groton School for boys‚ but he did not fit in there. Most the boys that went to the same school as Franklin strived in athletics‚ but Roosevelt did not. After graduating in 1900 Roosevelt then decided to attend school at Harvard. He
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Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal 1932-1940. by William E. Leuchtenburg. Harper & Row‚ 1963. The Great Depression created a political landscape in the United States that demanded bold action‚ calling forth people ready and willing to challenge the conventional establishment and allowing them to thrive. Franklin Delano Roosevelt is the prime example of how adversity creates a forging ground were dynamic individuals shape history. In his book Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal
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Theodore Roosevelt took office in September of 1901 when President McKinley was assassinated. He‚ like many Progressives‚ possessed a fear that the consolidation of power and wealth in the hands of private interests threatened the stability of the nation. Roosevelt’s aim was not to restructure American capitalism but to protect it from its own extremes through careful government intervention. In enforcing federal antitrust laws‚ Roosevelt drew a distinction between good trusts and bad trusts. Roosevelt’s
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Eleanor Roosevelt‚ a Progressive Liberator As Eleanor unfolds her husbands clothes‚ she notices something‚ something that is not right. Opening up his suitcase and the aroma of the perfume comes out at her‚ a fragrance that she has never smelled before. She then finds and unravels a bunch of letters from her own secretary‚ Lucy Mercer. She is speechless. Everything suddenly isn’t clear to her anymore. She ponders why do the people she loves the most‚ end up always deserting her. (“Franklin’s Affair
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big businesses in the economic world. Two major leaders and Presidents of the United States‚ of this time were Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. Though both men contributed so much while in office‚ which one had the greater impact? Even though their achievements are equal in most areas‚ Wilson took the cake with his actions to exempt unions from being prosecuted as trusts. Roosevelt entered office because the current President‚ McKinley‚ got assassinated. His personal idea of what a president
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Theodore Dreiser (August 27‚ 1871-December 28‚ 1945) was born in Terre Haute‚ Indiana‚ and baptized as Herman Theodore Dreiser. He was the ninth of ten surviving children (three others died as infants) of Säräh Schanab and Johann Dreiser. http://www.library.upenn.edu/collections/rbm/dreiser/tdbio.html American writer in the Naturalism movement (a pessimistic form of Realism). Dreiser’s family was poor‚ and he soon saw a profound difference between the promise and the reality of American life.
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As one of the presidents during the Progressive Era‚ Theodore Roosevelt led the United States of America through a series of dramatic changes that interrupted the lives and ideologies that Americans during the time were more than familiarized with. Industrialization‚ women’s suffrage‚ the sexual revolution‚ imperialism‚ and “muckraking” journalism were just a few of the controversial‚ yet significant characteristics of this era. However‚ perhaps one of the largest and most vital influences during
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