President Taft's Failures

“The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself.” Those famous words uttered by FDR on March 4th, 1933, put him on the Map and he made an indelible mark on America. My interest for FDR and presidents in general began at a young age, i loved FDR and my research for this essay opened my eyes to stuff I did not even know about him. FDR was elected to 3 terms, but not everybody knows why. He was so loved by the American people. As President, he nullified the Great Depression’s effects on the American people. He worked day and night on the Depression for a while at a quick pace and he did some great things in his first few years as president. He led the US through arguably some of the worst years in recent American history, World War 2. He did so many great things for America and it showed in the form of three terms as President. FDR helped Americans with the Economy after the depression, he helped America through World War 2 and set up an organization to ensure a better future.

Jimmy Carter was the 39th president of the United States. Jimmy grew up on a small family farm and later became president in 1976. His presidency was a rocky road where people only remembered the mistakes that he made. Carter had a very traditional childhood, he did some major positive thing while he was president, but he also made some mistakes, and he will always be remembered as a president whose mistakes outweighed his triumphs.

The Sherman Anti-Trust Act had many organized competition that led to manipulation of prices. Big businesses were involved with this manipulation. The accusations were that small groups of people would take control over businesses to gain more power by monopolizing prices hence the Sherman Anti-Trust Act came into place. There also were many complications with this act which would cause many arguments about power and finances. There were many things that went wrong like small groups of people had more power than others through there big business, small businesses lost resources, and there was no room for other small businesses to grow.

This passage was on Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson and what they did and encountered during their presidency. Teddy Roosevelt had finished his term and decided not to run again in 1908.He served a total of seven and a half years as the U.S. president. Throughout the time of being president he helped Americans with politics, society and economic problems. When Teddy left office, he had so much power he was able to pick the next president. He chose William Howard Taft and he easily won the election. What Roosevelt didn’t know is that Taft wasn’t about to make him look good. Taft was the opposite of Teddy, Taft wanted to slow down the pace of reform. Taft was a huge disappointment to voters and Roosevelt. Roosevelt thought that he could still guide

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, into a world of privilege; the only president, in office, who held four terms. President Roosevelt family lived in Hyde Park, NY at the time of his birth (Coker, 2005).

Both Progressive Era reformers and the federal government sought to bring about reform at the national level. Examples of such reforms they wanted to make include: trust-busting, consumer safety, restrictions on child labour, civil rights, and women’s suffrage. Overall, the Progressive Era reformers and the federal government were effective in their efforts from 1900 to 1920, however there were some limitations.

The 1912 Election and the Power of Progressivism: A Brief History with Documents by Brett Flehinger is about the four Presidential candidates during the election of 1912, their political parties and campaigns. The book shows how opposed each candidate 's platform was and which problems the candidates agreed on. The book has documents from this time to further aid in understanding what exactly was happening. None of the candidates, however, were as different as Theodore Roosevelt and his predecessor, William Howard Taft. Their platforms and ideas regarding trusts, direct democracy and courts and the constitution differed greatly, whilst they agreed on the important issue of women 's suffrage.

In 1912, Taft decided to try to run for another term. On november 5, 1912 the votes came in. Sadly Taft didn’t win. The Electoral votes were with Woodrow Wilson winning at 42%, Roosevelt at 27%, Taft at 23%, and Debs at 6%. Taft was a little disappointed that he lost, but happy to be able to get out of the president 's chair.

Roosevelt was re-elected president of the United States (first time elected) in 1904 partly to break up trusts and monopolies. The public was outraged for decades by the ways trusts and monopolies were cheating in business. Roosevelt felt that the US government was responsible for the falls of many legitimate businesses, because they failed to prosecute trusts and monopolies (Roosevelt 222). As president, Roosevelt pledged to protect small businesses and sue monopolies and trusts by implementing the Sherman Antitrust Act to restore honest commerce and labor conditions.

Harry Truman accomplished many things in his life time and was one of the best presidents to ever be in office. Many of his accomplishments came from what he did in his early childhood years and the time he put in when no one knew about him. He joined WWI and that shows he would be able to fight for his country and not back down. He also made a huge adjustment from County judge to Vice President showing he knows a lot about politics and is ready to take his career further (“The History of Harry truman”).

Has there ever been a president as influential as Franklin Delano Roosevelt? Truly Roosevelt was a unique man that lead American through one of its hardest times. WWII threatened world peace and the Great Depression was actively wearing the U.S. away. Few other times in U.S history required someone of FDR's caliber to lead America through such a storm. Roosevelt was undoubtedly meant with much success and love. However, even with such widespread success many of Roosevelt's actions must be questioned ethically.

During Teddy Roosevelt’s first presidency, he attempted to tie with other governments, making this a political impact on the U.S. Therefore, when he noticed a problem or issue in another country, he traveled over there to stop it before it got too out of hand. He did this in order to preserve America and its people. Roosevelt saw the negotiations about the Panama Canal and intervened so it would help out Americans by connecting the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean instead of

Trusts, or large monopolies, were corporations that combined and lowered their prices to drive competitors out of the business. This infuriated many americans at that time because it allowed such a small number of people to become wealthy, or even successful at all. When Theodore Roosevelt became president, he sympathized with workers unlike most of the presidents in the past who usually tried to help the corporations. As illustrated in Document A, Roosevelt wanted to hunt down the bad trusts ad put a leash on the good ones in order to regulate them. However, it only had a limited effect because the government was unable to control the activity of banks and railroads which were two of the most powerful industries in the world. Other presidents were also able to establish antitrust reforms. President Woodrow Wilson established the Federal Trade Commission Act, aimed to prevent monopoly, and the Clayton Antitrust Bill. As Document E illustrates, the Clayton Antitrust Bill claims it unlawful to "lessen competition” or “tend to create a monopoly in any line of commerce". Although Presidents Roosevelt and Wilson established reforms to stop monopoly, they still had many holes in their trust-busting campaign which severely limited the full effects of

​Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) is a highly debated American figure. Many critics question his success in his presidency, while others glorify this battle torn American hero. His presidency was spontaneous. He did not know he was going to become the president, but fate worked its grasp around Roosevelt’s future, turning him from a new Vice President into the youngest appointed President in history. His energy inspired some, and turned away others. While in his presidency, Theodore Roosevelt experienced moderate success in his role as an economic regulator of big business.

Truman saw himself as FDR’s heir (Hamby 1992, 91). In fact, Hamby even characterizes, Truman as not only adopting FDR’s policies but also taking them more serious than FDR (Hamby 1992, 92). And, if Roosevelt’s attribute was style then Truman’s was effort. Truman lacked FDR’s charismatic appeal, but made it up with effort, intelligence and determination (Hamby 1992, 93). Which lead historian to consider Truman as one of the most effective American Presidents (Hamby 1992, 93). However, Hamby fails to include maybe the greatest achievements of both Truman and