Woodrow Wilson And Theodore Roosevelt's Impact On The Progressive Movement

Asma Akram

Progressives DBQ

Per. 6 The Progressive Movement called attention to many of the social issues America was facing during this time. Many of the issues included racism, labor issues, and poverty. Even though the movement was considered a social movement, it transformed into a movement of significant political importance. Progressives, such as Theodore Roosevelt, thought that the the role of the federal government in the United States called for political reform. The government wasn’t involved in much of the nation’s activity. Many domestic policies changed during this era because of the issues addressed. Domestic policies changed because of the work of many political leaders, such as Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt. Both of these leaders significantly impacted the Progressive Movement and changed the role of the federal government with their economic regulation and labor changes, but the effect of some of Theodore Roosevelt’s social reform was greater than Wilson’s, Compared to Wilson’s social reforms, Theodore Roosevelt’s were more impactful. Roosevelt understood that society weren’t taking proper care of

“We have studied as perhaps no other nation has the most effective means of production, but we have not studied cost or economy as we should either as organizers of industry, as statesmen, or as individuals” (Doc 6). In his inaugural address he wanted the the federal government to understand the issues based on big businesses, banking, and trading. The Federal Reserve Act, The Federal Commission Act, and Clayton Antitrust Act were legislative actions Wilson and the government made in order to address the issues. This is his way of “studying” the economy as a statesmen and individual. Both him and Theodore- in relation to economics- impacted the nation with their domestic policies and changed the role of the federal