Six Degrees of Separation
Teddy Roosevelt’s “square deal” to FDR’s New Deal
Taft Vs. Wilson (the election of 1912)
After Taft (supported by Roosevelt) ran and lost against Wilson in the
election of 1912 the political control changed from the republican party. Along
with changing America's foreign policy to Isolationists with the goals of avoiding
war and taking care of our country. Wilson won the election of 1916 the the
slogan “he kept us out of the war” which shows change in American views on
war compared to that of Roosevelt's “Big stick Policy”.
American Involvement in WW1
America didn't enter WW1 until the April of 1917. Though
we supplies both sides before hand, mostly to Britain and
France. We entered we sided with The Allies because they were
our natural allies. After WW1 America tried to sort out problems
in the peace treaties, but due to stokes during the deliberation,
and the minimal interference from the US during the war. Wilson
would not get his points across.
Teddy Roosevelt’s Square Deal
Teddy Roosevelt became president in 1901
after the assassination of President Mckinley.
Shortly after he set his ideals into action as the
“square deal”. In this deal he targeted four things:
Trust-busting, Regulating railroads, protecting
consumers, and conservation. All of these points
were meant to protect the middle and lower class
from the upper class and big business.
The election of 1932
Hoover vs. Roosevelt with Roosevelt winning changed America's
government to Democratic and changed lead to changes in policies toward the
economy and government involvement. The people wanted and needed a
government that would get involved directly with the economy. Hoover and his
administration refused to do so, and thats what lead many americans to switch
political parties over to the Democratic FDR.
Great Depression (1929-1933)
One of the major cause of the great depression was the effects of WW1 on
the world economy and the damage it took during and after the war. Huge
shortages in manpower from the fighting lead to the European economy to rely
on the US. When Europe recovered they stopped importing American goods
leading to a humongous amount of overproduction.
FDR’s New Deal
In 1933 FDR put his new deal into action. The New Deal promised a better
economy for such dark times. Some of the policies were temporarily, whilst
policies such as social security remain enacted to this day. These policies not
only decreased the unemployment and poverty rates, but it also improved the
nations infrastructure as a whole. Building dams in Tennessee, and planting
millions of trees to prevent the dust bowl.