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Why might Roosevelt push for reforms have angered some political leaders?
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Roosevelt preferred regulation of giant corporations and pushed for anti trust laws. He also endorsed programs for graduated income and inheritance taxes. These were seen as radical for the time. These moves would have gone against special interests and the people they supported in elections. He also pushed for Congress to create a new Department of Commerce and Labor and an important arm was the Bureau of Corporations which was authorized to probe businesses engaged in interstate commerce conservative Republican bosses regarded TR as an unmanageable maverick and a "cowboy." The Democratic platform of 1904 reflected the unhappiness of what they felt were usurpation of legislative and judicial functions. In 1907 there was financial panic known as the "rich man's panic" and was the result of economic trends and billions of dollars in corporation stock that glutted the market. As the turn of the century approached critics of political, economic, and social problems stated that the government had become too complex for the machinery of government ( sound like today?) Angry reformers charged that the government was for, by, and of the crooked corporations. One of the problems with TR is that he was willing to compromise and settle for a half of loaf and often failed to drive reform through its logical conclusion, but he also had a hostile Congress to deal with in his time in office ( sounds like today).
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As a progressive Roosevelt believed government should adopt reforms to maintain an?
Efficient society
Most progressives believed that the nation needed?
Political and economic reforms. :]
What was the intent of political reforms such as the direct primary initiative refrendum and recall?
To give voters a stronger voice in government
What was the major issue that divided the early political parties?
Allaigance to orthodox church,reforms,allaigance to kingship etc.
When Democrats won a large majority in Congress after 1934 how did President Roosevelt respond?
he promoted another wave of reforms known as the second new deal
What is one of the political reforms that progressive leaders advocate?
They wanted to end the political corruption that existed in many cities.
Why did the leaders of china were willing to accept western economic reforms but not western ideas about human rights and political freedom?
Hskalafsksksjshhs
How did Theodore roosevelt support progressive reforms?
Roosevelt supported Progressive Reforms with the Square Deal
Who made political reforms in Athens?
Solon made political reforms in Athens.
British political leaders believed that the Parliament Act of 1911 was necessary because the House of Lords?
Blocked reforms supported by the House of Commons
British political leaders believed that the Parliament Act of 1911 was necessary because the House of Lords .?
Blocked reforms supported by the House of Commons
Did Theodore Roosevelts reforms benefit the nation?
yes because Roosevelt reforms allowed protection for national resources
What was the Teddy Roosevelt slogan for his reforms?
Teddy
How did the political leaders in the 1790s attempt to overcome the divisions of the 1780s?
Some political leaders in the 1790s attempted to overcome the divisions of the 1780s by focusing on increasing the prosperity and stability of the country. However, many of the reforms that were proposed by Alexander Hamilton and others were still hotly contested, and political divisions remained and even intensified.
What were diocletian's reforms?
Social reform: he made it so that the emperors were respected and awed again Military reforms: He got rid of the field armies Administrative reforms: he separated the civil leaders from the military leaders Tax reforms: he created a standardized tax system where taxes were established on the basis of how many workers were in an area and how productive the land was political reforms: established a tetrarchy because the empire was too big for one person to run religious reforms: persecuted christians in the Great Persecution Price reforms: issued a price edict declaring the maximum price that a product could be sold for
When did Eleanor Roosevelt start promoting social reforms?
1933
How did the muckrakers prepare the way for political reforms?
The muckrakers prepared the way for political reforms by exposing corruption and then writing about it for the public to read.
