The Progressive Presidents: 

Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson

Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1908) (1904 election)

•     Expanded Power of Presidency:  Stewardship Theory
•     The New Nationalism (summary)
•     Beginnings of the Rhetorical Presidency (comments on opposition to progressivism)
•     The Square Deal
•     Environmentalist/Conservationist
•     Foreign Affairs:  The Roosevelt Corollary (summary); Panama Canal; Russo-Japanese War

William H. Taft (1908 - 1912)

•     Literalist View of Presidency
•     Passive in Relations with Congress
•     Comments on War

Woodrow Wilson (1912 (significance of 1912 elections)- 1920) (1916 election)

•     Wilson's Theory of Executive Leadership
•     Regularized Popular Leadership
•     Institutionalized Congressional Leadership
•     War Leader
•     The New Freedom: (summary) Clayton Anti-Trust Act; Federal Reserve Act; Federal Trade Commission
•     Fourteen Points Peace Program
•     League of Nations
•     Comments on Democratic Principles

Key Web Sites

Theodore Roosevelt Home Page

Nobel Peace Prize:  Roosevelt

Nobel Peace Prize:  Wilson