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Presidents from Theodore Roosevelt through Coolidge, 1901-1929 : debating the issues in pro and con primary documents / [compiled by] Francine Sanders Romero.
Van Pelt Library E176.1 .P9225 2002
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- President's position
- The President's position
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933.
- Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924.
- Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923.
- Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930.
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.
- Presidents--United States--History--20th century--Sources.
- Presidents.
- Political and social views.
- Politics and government.
- History.
- United States--Politics and government--1901-1953--Sources.
- United States.
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919--Political and social views.
- Roosevelt, Theodore.
- Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930--Political and social views.
- Taft, William H.
- Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923--Political and social views.
- Harding, Warren G.
- Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924--Political and social views.
- Wilson, Woodrow.
- Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933--Political and social views.
- Coolidge, Calvin.
- Genre:
- Sources.
- Physical Description:
- xxxv, 241 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2002.
- Summary:
- Debates issues such as trust-busting, woman suffrage, and U.S. entry into the Great War.
- Contents:
- 1 Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909) 1
- Regulation of Trusts 6
- Anthracite Coal Strike 12
- Panama Canal 19
- Monroe Doctrine and the Roosevelt Corollary 24
- Railroad Regulation 30
- Simplified Spelling 36
- The Brownsville Episode 41
- Conservation of Natural Resources 47
- Woman Suffrage 53
- 2 William Howard Taft (1909-1913) 61
- Continuing the Conservation Agenda 64
- Dollar Diplomacy 70
- Judicial Recall 75
- Trusts and the Sherman Antitrust Act 81
- Future of the Republican Party and the 1912 Election 87
- Presidential Power 92
- 3 Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921) 99
- Tariff Reduction 103
- Federal Reserve Act 109
- Segregation in the Federal Government 115
- U.S.-Mexican Relations 121
- Immigration Literacy Test 126
- Regulation of Child Labor 131
- U.S. Neutrality in the Great War 137
- U.S. Entry into the Great War 143
- Versailles Treaty and the League of Nations 149
- 4 Warren G. Harding (1921-1923) 157
- Compensatory Treaty with Colombia 160
- Racial Equality 164
- Restoration of Tariffs 172
- Washington Conference on the Limitation of Armament 178
- The Soldiers' Bonus 185
- Prohibition 191
- 5 Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929) 199
- Tax Relief 202
- National Origins Act 207
- U.S. Intervention in Nicaragua 213
- McNary-Haugen Bill 219
- Kellogg-Briand Peace Pact 225.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [233]-235) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0313313881
- OCLC:
- 46473876
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