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Students will be able to debate the key political, social, and economic issues and initiatives of each President covered here by using this rich source of pro and con primary documents contemporary to the time. Carefully selected presidential statements and opposition statements on each major issue of the presidents' administrations, along with accompanying explanatory material, will help students to debate the issues and apply critical thinking skills to their understanding of U.S. history. This volume covers the Presidencies of Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Warren G. Harding, and Calvin Coolidge. The section on each president includes entries on 5-9 key issues of his administration, from enforcing anti-trust legislation at the beginning of Roosevelt's administration to arguments over the value of the Kellogg-Briand Peace Pact to outlaw war that closed the Coolidge era. Primary documents include presidential speeches, letters, memoirs and autobiographies, congressional speeches, Supreme Court decisions, statements by opposition groups, newspaper editorials, and comments from prominent private citizens.
Students will be able to trace ongoing arguments over significant political, social and economic issues during the course of these five administrations that comprise the Progressive Era, the war years, and the postwar return to normalcy, years that witnessed perhaps the greatest period of transformation in U.S. history. These presidents took varying positions on the increasingly activist role of government, the growing power of business, the issue of tariffs, the rights of workers, women, and children, the problems of minority groups, the question of immigration, the issue of isolationism or intervention abroad, and the growing concern over the environment. The section on each president features an introductory overview of the key issues of his administration, followed by an entry on each issue. Each entry contains an overview of the issue and discussion of the opposing viewpoints, followed by a statement from the president and the text of a document taking an opposing point of view. The section on each president concludes with suggested reading for further study. A timeline of the period puts all the issues in chronological context.
Contents
Preface Introduction Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1904) Introduction Regulation of Trusts Anthracite Coal Strike Panama Canal Monroe Doctrine and Roosevelt Corollary Railroad Regulation Simplified Spelling The Brownsville Episode Conservation of Natural Resources Woman Suffrage Recommended Readings William Howard Taft (1909-1913) Introduction Continuing the Conservation Agenda Dollar Diplomacy Judicial Recall Trusts and the Sherman Act Future of the Republican Party and the 1912 Election Presidential Power Recommended Readings Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921) Introduction Tariff Reduction Federal Reserve Act Segregation in the Federal Government U.S./Mexico Relations Immigration Literacy Tests Regulation of Child Labor U.S. Neutrality in the World War U.S. Entry into the World War Versailles Treaty and the League of Nations Recommended Readings Warren G. Harding (1921-1923) Introduction Compensatory Treaty with Colombia Racial Equality Restoration of Tariffs Washington Conference on the Limitations of Armament The Soldiers Bonus Prohibition Recommended Readings Calvin Coolidge (1923-1924) Introduction Income Tax Relief National Origins Act U.S. Intervention in Nicaragua McNary-Haugen Bill Kellogg-Briand Peace Pact Recommended Readings Bibliography Index
