1) According to the selection by Edmund Morris, what were the major and/or unique contributions of Teddy Roosevelt to the presidency (both in foreign policy and domestic policy?

2. In what ways was Roosevelt a progressive president? Was his personality an asset or a drawback? Support your answer.

3. According to the selection by Jim Rasenberger, on 1-9-0-8, why was 1908 and critical year in the history of America's rise to a world power?

4. What were the grounding breaking, pivotal events that made 1908 so important according to Rasenberger? Please develop your answer by describing why Rasenberger argued that these events changed the world. Do you agree with Rasenberger? Why or why not?

 

Answer:

1. According to the selection by Edmund Morris, what were the major and or unique contributions of Teddy Roosevelt to the presidency (both in foreign policy and democratic policy)
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According to Edmund, Roosevelt ensured workers' safeguards and solid foreign policy. The domestic policy of Roosevelt was referred to as the "Square Deal," which promised safeguards for consumers, workers, and the environment. Roosevelt aimed to improve America's foreign status. His "Square Deal" also campaigned for domestic policies, promising justice, the breaking of trusts, railroad control, and pure food and drugs to the average citizen. Roosevelt also brought about the New Deal. This program put people back to work, and restored a sense of stability. It laid the foundations for a regulatory state that would protect the rights of all Americans, rich and poor alike, while also assisting the business system in being more efficient.
2. In what ways was Roosevelt a progressive president?Was his personality an asset or a drawback
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A Progressive reformer, through his administrative reforms and antitrust prosecutions, Roosevelt gained a reputation as a "trust buster". Roosevelt avoided labor unrest by being sympathetic to both business and labor, most notably by securing a solution to the Great Coal Strike of 1902. Roosevelt's personality was an asset. He is referred to as a statesman and a conservationist. It helped him remain true to his promises and worked hard to better the lives of the Americans.
3. According to the selection by Jim Rosenberger, on 1908, why was 1908 crucial year in the history of America to a world power?
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In several respects, the events and developments that took place in 1908 marked America's entrance into the modern world. In certain instances, modern America was very literally set-in motion by them. Whether literally necessary or ultimately frivolous, like the car race around the globe, a "splendid folly," one contestant called it, all reflected and enlarged the meaning of Americans' sense of what was possible. Kept afloat by achievements, the country, not to mention its military might, was more confident in its genius and resourcefulness, and more comfortable playing a dominant role in global affairs.

4. What was the ground breaking, pivotal events that made 1908 so important according to Rossenberger? Please develop your answer by describing why Rosenberger argued that these events changed the world. Do you agree with Rosenberger? Why or Why not?
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Two terms of a Republican president came from the Americans of 1908, who had suddenly set their country on a new path. He was a wealthy Easterner trained by the Ivy League who, as a young man, had gone west and made himself a cowboy. Theodore Roosevelt, like George Walker Bush, had entered the White House without winning the popular vote (an assassination put TR in power), and then conducted himself in a manner close to that of George Walker Bush.
With a population of nearly 90 million citizens, federal income was 40 times higher in 1908 than it had been a century before, and America was on par with the United Kingdom and Germany as a global power. Railroads and cars, telegraph and telephone, electricity and gas were all available to Americans, who had the highest per capita income in the nation. Men shaved their beards with diatomaceous earth.
The argument by Jim Rasenberger is true. The year, 1908 was a game changer in the United States. There were novel technological advances and rapid economic growth. The advances included innovations in the motor, communication, aircraft and even in the military. These made the America a fast-growing country. The rapid economic growth made America to enter the world of super powers. This convinced other countries that United States was eyeing to be a future world power. 
References
Randall, S. J. (2017). The American President: From Teddy Roosevelt to Bill Clinton, by William E. Leuchtenburg.
Rubin, Elihu. "Skyscrapers and Tall Buildings." In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of American History. 2018.