Masters Thesis

Exploring the Progressive Movement through the presidencies of Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson

Progressivism was a broad based social and political reform movement during the years from around 1890-1920. The depression of 1893 helped unify the "good government" movement of the 1870s and the "social welfare" movement that began before the American Civil War into the Progressive Movement. This movement sought to remedy many social ills in a variety of ways. Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft and Woodrow Wilson were presidents during this time of reform and this thesis explores the era and the relative progressivism of these influential men, especially in regard to trust-busting and issues of race.

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