Presidents from Theodore Roosevelt through Coolidge, 1901-1929 : debating the issues in pro and con primary documents / [compiled by] Francine Sanders Romero.

Contributor Romero, Francine Sanders.

Imprint:Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2002.

Descriptionxxxiii, 241 p. ; 24 cm.

Note:Machine generated contents note: Series Foreword xi -- Preface xv -- Timeline xix -- Introduction xxv -- Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909) 1 -- Introduction 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 -- Recommended Readings 59 -- 2 William Howard Taft (1909-1913) 61 -- Introduction 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 -- Recommended Readings 98 -- 3 Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921) 99 -- Introduction 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 -- Recommended Readings 156 -- 4 Warren G. Harding (1921-1923) 157 -- Introduction 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 -- Recommended Readings 196 -- 5 Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929) 199 -- Introduction 199 -- Tax Relief 202 -- National Origins Act 207 -- U.S. Intervention in Nicaragua 213 -- McNary-Haugen Bill 219 -- Kellogg-Briand Peace Pact 225 -- Recommended Readings 231 -- Bibliography 233 -- Index 237.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-235) and index.

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