Question

theodore roosevelt's view on the foreign policy between 1890 and 1920?

Mark Twain's view on the foreign policy between 1890 and 1920?

i have to write a dialougue between them.

Answer 1

Theodore Roosevelt:
After conservative President McKinley was assassinated in 1901, Teddy Roosevelt, a progressive reformer given the Vice-Presidency to end his political career, was made president. After the assassination, many began to fear the rising of anarchists, causing a clamoring for stronger government devoted to human welfare and protecting the power of the people. The reformers were able to strengthen the people through the initiative, referendum, recall, direct primary elections, and the direct election of senators. The political power of women was also increased, and by 1920 they had gained the right to vote. The progressives were also able to make great progress in labor reform, creating minimum wage and maximum hour laws, laws regulating working conditions, and workers' compensation. Teddy Roosevelt's Square Deal finally provided the protection that consumers needed through acts like the Pure Food and Drug Act; while also giving the government power over the the corporations that previously ran the government. Many of the Progressive's accomplishments are either still in use today, or have evolved even further from their initial conception.

The Progressives' domestic policies have had a huge effect on the development of the United States. While the impact of the American empire cannot be denied, the sheer number of reforms that were created by the Progressives that are now considered essential to American life ensure their importance in history. They made huge gains in women's rights, labor reform, consumer protection, public works projects, conservation, and fiscal reform. The Aldrich-Vreeland Act of 1908 was the precursor to the Federal Reserve Act, while the Pure Food and Drug Act created the first of many government organizations for the protection of the consumer. The Progressives created many precedents for the government and set the framework for the government we have now.

The time period between 1890 and 1920 was one of the most important periods in the formation of US policy due to the continuance of many of the policies started then. The transition from an isolationist nation to an imperial power, as well as the rapid change from a conservative to progressive government, helped to shape America to be what it is today.