Presidents from Theodore Roosevelt through Coolidge, 1901-1929: Debating the Issues in Pro and Con Primary Documents (The President's Position: Debating the Issues) - Hardcover

Romero, Francine

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0313313881 ISBN 13: 9780313313882

Publisher: Greenwood, 2001

Synopsis

Students will be able to debate the key political, social, and economic issues and initiatives of each President covered here by using this rich source of pro and con primary documents contemporary to the time. Carefully selected presidential statements and opposition statements on each major issue of the presidents' administrations, along with accompanying explanatory material, will help students to debate the issues and apply critical thinking skills to their understanding of U.S. history. This volume covers the Presidencies of Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Warren G. Harding, and Calvin Coolidge. The section on each president includes entries on 5-9 key issues of his administration, from enforcing anti-trust legislation at the beginning of Roosevelt's administration to arguments over the value of the Kellogg-Briand Peace Pact to outlaw war that closed the Coolidge era. Primary documents include presidential speeches, letters, memoirs and autobiographies, congressional speeches, Supreme Court decisions, statements by opposition groups, newspaper editorials, and comments from prominent private citizens.

Students will be able to trace ongoing arguments over significant political, social and economic issues during the course of these five administrations that comprise the Progressive Era, the war years, and the postwar return to normalcy, years that witnessed perhaps the greatest period of transformation in U.S. history. These presidents took varying positions on the increasingly activist role of government, the growing power of business, the issue of tariffs, the rights of workers, women, and children, the problems of minority groups, the question of immigration, the issue of isolationism or intervention abroad, and the growing concern over the environment. The section on each president features an introductory overview of the key issues of his administration, followed by an entry on each issue. Each entry contains an overview of the issue and discussion of the opposing viewpoints, followed by a statement from the president and the text of a document taking an opposing point of view. The section on each president concludes with suggested reading for further study. A timeline of the period puts all the issues in chronological context.

About this title

Book Description

Debates issues such as trust-busting, woman suffrage, and U.S. entry into the Great War.

About the Author

FRANCINE SANDERS ROMERO is Assistant Professor of Public Administration at the University of Texas, San Antonio./e Her main research agenda involves the politics of policy making. In addition to a scholarly interest in the Progressive Era, her work has focused on the impact of institutional level and structure on civil rights and land use policy outputs.

About this edition

• Publisher: Greenwood
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0313313881
• ISBN 13: 9780313313882
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 280