the roosevelts’ legacy: compare and contrast janet schirm, nazilashafagati, sitara sundar and gaby...
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The Roosevelts’ Legacy: Compare and ContrastJanet Schirm, NazilaShafagati, Sitara Sundar and Gaby Trigo
Political Views
Progressive Republican (TR)
Democrat (FDRP
•Bull Moose Party•Opposition of “laissez faire”•Government Regulation (meat packing, factory inspections, minimum wage, etc)•Strong foreign involvement
•Greatly affected by the Great Depression•Blank Check•Lend Lease•Regulation of Wall Street•Supreme Court
Family (and others…)Theodore Roosevelt Franklin Delano
Roosevelt•Eleanor Roosevelt• Active First Lady
• Anna Eleanor; James; Franklin Delano, Jr.; Elliot, second Franklin Delano, Jr.; John Aspinwall
•Lucy Mercer• “Mrs. Johnson”• With him on his
deathbed•Marguerite Missy LeHand
•Married twice• Alice Hathaway
• Died 1884• Edith Kermit Carow
• Active First Lady• Remodeled White
House• China Collection• Family finances• Judge of
Character• Children: Alice, Ted,
Kermit, Ethel, Archie, Quentin
Personal LifeTR with his second wife, with whom he was childhood friends.
FDR with his family
Square Deal vs. New DealSquare Deal (TR)
Goal: conservation of natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection
Tried to find a balance between trust/corporation power and workers’ needs
Major Acts: Pure Food and Drug Act and Meat Inspection Act; inspired by Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle
Square Deal vs. New DealNew Deal (FDR)
Goal: Relief, Recovery, Reform
Democratic idea, Republican party was split on the validity of the program
Tried to get the USA out of the Great Depression, unsuccesful
Major Acts: Wagner Act, Social Security Act
SQUARE DEAL (TR) NEW DEAL (FDR)
Naval InvolvementTR
The Naval War of 1812 book
Non-biased book that was complete with drawings that compare the British and US navy. Was considered one of the first modern historical novels.
Assistnat Secretary of the Navy
Appointed by President McKinley. Aided in the Spanish-American war (The Great White Fleet)
FDR
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Appointed by President Wilson
Enthusiastic advocate of the submarine and the navy during World War I
Negotiated with Congress to approve naval budgets
EconomyTR
“trust buster”Broke up monopolies and trusts that were monopolizing industries and ruining competition
Roosevelt CorollaryAllowed US to intervene in foreign affairs on the west hemisphere in order to "stabilize" the economic affairs of small states in the Caribbean if they couldn’t pay international debts
FDR
Keynesian EconomicsIncrease in governmental spending to improve the economy.
Example: New Deal Progams
Economy improved during the Great Depression but unemployment rates rose as well
TRUST BUSTER (TR) KEYNESIAN ECONOMICS(FDR)
Foreign PolicyTR
“Speak softly and carry a big stick”
Believed in the use of military power
Imperialist
Panama Canal: Aided Panama in becoming independent and bought the canal
FDR
World War IIRejected Neutrality and aided the Allies with the Lend-Lease Act
Joined the War after Pearl Harbor
Anti-imperialismWanted to end European colonization
POST PEARL HARBOR(FDR)“SPEAK SOFTLY AND CARRY A BIG STICK”(TR)