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Theodore Roosevelt: Progressive Crusader


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Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States (1901–1909), was the youngest and arguably most energetic man ever to fill that office. Growing up in the Gilded Age, he regarded commercial ideals as “mean and sordid” and brought these sensibilities with him into public life.[1] A firm believer in what he called the manly virtues, he urged his countrymen to fight for the right.


As President, he pushed executive powers to new limits, arguing that the rise of industrial capitalism had rendered limited government obsolete.


  • He took on the captains of industry and argued for greater government control over the economy, pursuing a two-pronged strategy of antitrust prosecutions and regulatory control.
  • He pushed through legislation that gave the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) new powers to set railroad rates, laying the foundation for the modern administrative state.
  • Casting himself as steward of the nation’s natural resources, he presided over the birth of the conservation movement.
  • Convinced that a strong defense was the best guarantee of peace, he built up the Navy and sent it around the world.

No one, he thought, had ever enjoyed being President as much as he had.Scissors-32x32.png



http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/09/theodore-roosevelt-progressive-crusader


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