Reform In The United States

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The Introduction to Reform in the United States The United States was introduced to reform, by all documented accounts, in the late 19th century through the early 20th century. In the late 1800’s, the first type of reform that was introduced in the United States was the formation of many major progressive organizations and groups that were created by citizens that independently united and rallied for reform. A couple of the more recognizable groups that were created were The Women’s Trade Union League formed by workingwomen in 1903 and they encouraged unionization, and in 1904 the National Child Labor Committee was formed to abolish child labor in factories. Reform was introduced on a national level when President McKinley was assassinated…show more content…
President Roosevelt believed that government reform at the state level needed to be revamped, restrictions needed to be imposed on big business byway of assembling a regulatory program to impose the new changes as well as building up his administrative staff with professionals that would work towards implementing all of the changes that he believed needed to be made. By all outward appearances, from the beginning of his tenure as president, Roosevelt didn’t just talk about changes; he implemented the changes that he promised. Proof that change was his chartered course and main initiative during his time in office, the website english.illinois.edu[->0] quoted President Roosevelt as saying during his first annual address “When the Constitution was adopted . . . no human wisdom could foretell the sweeping changes . . . which were to take place at the beginning of the twentieth century. At that time it was accepted as a matter of course that the several states were the proper authorities to regulate.” (Harbaugh, William). About Theodore Roosevelt. American National Biography Online Feb. 2000:…show more content…
Listed on the website millercenter.org[->1] is a listing of all the key events while the president was in office. President Roosevelt made numerous changes between 1901 until 1909. In tallying the types and number of changes that the president made, it is astounding. President Roosevelt negotiated 4 treaties, enacted 1 bill, implemented 10 new acts, created 1 new law, and 1 reform package called the “Square Deal”. Roosevelt did much to preserve our nation’s national resources, and passed many new federal regulations while bringing big business to justice. During his tenure in office, Roosevelt also won the Nobel Peace Prize twice, one in 1905 and again in
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